Japan · Earthquake archives January 2012

Explore earthquake activity year by year and month by month using the historical Quake Pulse database.

Events101

Largest magnitudeM 6.8

M6+1

M7+0

Average depth51.9 km

Strongest events

Magnitude	Location	Depth	Time
M 6.8	Izu Islands, Japan region	365.3 km	2012-01-01 05:27:55 UTC	View event →
M 5.6	63 km NNE of Miyako, Japan	55.3 km	2012-01-28 00:22:18 UTC	View event →
M 5.5	17 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan	16.0 km	2012-01-12 03:20:49 UTC	View event →
M 5.2	9 km ENE of Fujiyoshida, Japan	36.3 km	2012-01-27 22:43:16 UTC	View event →
M 5.2	34 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan	52.3 km	2012-01-25 20:42:55 UTC	View event →
M 5.2	9 km NE of Iwaki, Japan	62.4 km	2012-01-23 11:45:43 UTC	View event →
M 5.2	191 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan	22.4 km	2012-01-20 13:30:50 UTC	View event →
M 5.2	101 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan	35.0 km	2012-01-12 05:37:28 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	13 km E of Nobeoka, Japan	62.4 km	2012-01-29 18:18:24 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	229 km SE of ?funato, Japan	14.0 km	2012-01-27 01:08:31 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	99 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan	25.3 km	2012-01-12 15:26:28 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	117 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan	31.6 km	2012-01-07 21:30:11 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	Bonin Islands, Japan region	11.6 km	2012-01-06 19:04:03 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	57 km SE of ?funato, Japan	47.1 km	2012-01-05 16:47:08 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	87 km SE of Naze, Japan	35.0 km	2012-01-04 02:07:53 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	64 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan	59.9 km	2012-01-28 12:44:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	18 km SSE of Ishigaki, Japan	40.0 km	2012-01-28 07:14:54 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	7 km ENE of Fujiyoshida, Japan	38.7 km	2012-01-27 22:39:45 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	Izu Islands, Japan region	28.3 km	2012-01-27 18:29:47 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	3 km SE of Hasaki, Japan	16.6 km	2012-01-27 04:19:27 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	296 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan	35.0 km	2012-01-26 01:27:35 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	112 km E of Yamada, Japan	15.6 km	2012-01-11 01:16:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	Bonin Islands, Japan region	10.0 km	2012-01-09 18:08:09 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	9 km W of ?tsuchi, Japan	62.3 km	2012-01-08 22:13:09 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	Bonin Islands, Japan region	10.0 km	2012-01-08 12:59:30 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	13 km NNW of Hasaki, Japan	42.8 km	2012-01-05 20:55:47 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	Bonin Islands, Japan region	10.0 km	2012-01-04 04:16:01 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	92 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan	18.6 km	2012-01-02 18:28:25 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	60 km ESE of Namie, Japan	21.0 km	2012-01-31 19:35:21 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	22 km E of Kitaibaraki, Japan	43.3 km	2012-01-28 05:20:59 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	23 km E of Kitaibaraki, Japan	60.4 km	2012-01-25 20:21:31 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	64 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan	8.4 km	2012-01-21 05:50:02 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	67 km NNE of Miyako, Japan	56.5 km	2012-01-14 09:57:56 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	50 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan	45.6 km	2012-01-12 01:40:04 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	10 km ESE of Mobara, Japan	20.8 km	2012-01-08 16:52:40 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	29 km SSW of K?ya, Japan	55.0 km	2012-01-08 15:37:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	Izu Islands, Japan region	152.4 km	2012-01-07 17:56:14 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	71 km E of Namie, Japan	30.3 km	2012-01-05 23:28:45 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	Bonin Islands, Japan region	10.0 km	2012-01-05 04:42:18 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	237 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan	35.0 km	2012-01-04 03:40:44 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	Bonin Islands, Japan region	10.0 km	2012-01-04 01:49:13 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	111 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan	31.6 km	2012-01-02 19:34:58 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	10.0 km	2012-01-01 09:29:43 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	60 km ESE of ?funato, Japan	49.6 km	2012-01-31 04:35:29 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	11 km N of Toba, Japan	330.7 km	2012-01-29 17:01:45 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	210 km S of Tateyama, Japan	60.2 km	2012-01-28 18:34:42 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	27 km E of Iwaki, Japan	57.8 km	2012-01-26 12:22:16 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	32 km E of Kitaibaraki, Japan	23.9 km	2012-01-24 17:35:51 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	21.5 km	2012-01-24 11:04:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	108 km E of Namie, Japan	35.8 km	2012-01-23 11:18:41 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	215 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan	35.0 km	2012-01-21 22:35:52 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	80 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan	79.7 km	2012-01-20 18:52:37 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	17 km NE of Hasaki, Japan	10.0 km	2012-01-19 13:09:46 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	40 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan	52.6 km	2012-01-19 07:42:05 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	57 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan	44.5 km	2012-01-18 19:32:51 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	2 km NNW of Kukich??, Japan	60.1 km	2012-01-17 03:30:16 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	10 km SSE of Asahi, Japan	52.9 km	2012-01-16 06:29:01 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	7 km NW of Y?kaichiba, Japan	66.7 km	2012-01-16 06:20:58 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	30 km SE of Iwaki, Japan	41.1 km	2012-01-12 07:45:41 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	111 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan	36.1 km	2012-01-11 01:33:39 UTC	View event →

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