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Earthquakes in Japan: live activity, map and history

Explore recent and historical earthquakes in Japan, with live USGS-derived data, magnitude and depth statistics, regional hubs and an interactive globe.

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Events16750
24h2
30 days62
12 months712
LargestM 9.1
avg_depth48.4 km
Quake Pulse Activity Index

Japan

A high index means recent activity is high relative to the selected historical baseline. It does not mean that a larger earthquake is about to occur.

Quake Pulse Activity Index51/100Normal
Current 30 days42
Historical monthly median41.5
Historical percentileP51
M5+ in 30 days9
M6+ in 30 days1
Activity trendaround the historical range (+1%)
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A compact comparison of recent activity using pre-calculated periods.

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Last 24 hours2M4.5+ 0 · M6+ 0Max M 4.2
Last 7 days18M4.5+ 10 · M6+ 0Max M 5.5
Last 30 days62M4.5+ 40 · M6+ 0Max M 5.6
Last 365 days712M4.5+ 646 · M6+ 19Max M 7.6
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Recent activity vs baseline

Counts describe detected earthquakes and are not a forecast or hazard assessment.

M4.5+ · 30d40
Monthly reference53.8
Relative activity×0.7
Historical maximumM 9.1

Strongest in 30 days : M 5.6 · 74 km S of Yonakuni, Japan

Recent earthquakes — Japan

30 days · Times shown in UTC.

62 events

Seismic activity

Japan · 30 days

Magnitude distribution

Japan · 30 days

Country activity: Japan

Quake Pulse groups events assigned to Japan from coordinate-based country boundaries, with a cautious text fallback for offshore events. The page combines recent activity with the historical catalogue so a short-lived sequence can be read in context.

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Reference localities

Locality hubs are inferred from recurring USGS reference-place descriptions.

Namie963 USGS referencesIshinomaki803 USGS referencesHasaki799 USGS referencesIwaki608 USGS referencesMiyako603 USGS references?funato490 USGS referencesYonakuni461 USGS referencesShimoda460 USGS referencesYamada395 USGS referencesNaze347 USGS referencesHirara344 USGS referencesKatsuura343 USGS referencesKamaishi337 USGS referencesKushiro320 USGS referencesShizunai-furukawach?278 USGS referencesNago217 USGS references

Recent local earthquakes

Times shown in UTC.

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 4.09 km ENE of Nakatonbetsu, Japan277.9 km2026-10-09 09:49:26 UTCView event →
M 4.2195 km WSW of Fukaura, Japan269.2 km2026-10-09 02:36:58 UTCView event →
M 4.2103 km ENE of Noda, Japan35.0 km2026-10-08 19:23:01 UTCView event →
M 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region95.6 km2026-10-08 18:32:03 UTCView event →
M 4.315 km ENE of Ōarai, Japan79.5 km2026-10-07 22:14:07 UTCView event →
M 4.69 km NNE of Midori, Japan95.6 km2026-10-07 19:36:46 UTCView event →
M 4.93 km WSW of Shibayama, Japan73.0 km2026-10-07 19:13:50 UTCView event →
M 4.3Volcano Islands, Japan region248.7 km2026-10-07 17:59:03 UTCView event →
M 4.2101 km ENE of Noda, Japan29.6 km2026-10-07 01:31:56 UTCView event →
M 4.537 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan52.7 km2026-10-07 00:22:41 UTCView event →
M 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-10-06 04:28:36 UTCView event →
M 4.342 km SW of Urakawa, Japan71.0 km2026-10-06 01:48:23 UTCView event →
M 4.775 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan156.2 km2026-10-05 13:30:45 UTCView event →
M 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region35.0 km2026-10-05 07:13:38 UTCView event →
M 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-10-04 11:12:48 UTCView event →
M 4.3Izu Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-10-03 22:27:23 UTCView event →
M 4.8112 km S of Koshima, Japan37.5 km2026-10-03 06:05:21 UTCView event →
M 4.57 km NNW of Ibusuki, Japan126.9 km2026-10-03 00:11:38 UTCView event →
M 4.586 km E of Noda, Japan50.0 km2026-10-02 20:34:56 UTCView event →
M 4.52 km NE of Satte, Japan65.0 km2026-10-01 21:01:41 UTCView event →
M 5.1108 km ENE of Miyako, Japan35.0 km2026-10-01 17:17:20 UTCView event →
M 5.30 km NNE of Yōkaichiba, Japan41.6 km2026-10-01 12:27:11 UTCView event →
M 4.412 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan35.0 km2026-09-30 21:16:53 UTCView event →
M 4.6131 km SE of Itoman, Japan10.0 km2026-09-30 21:11:57 UTCView event →
M 4.683 km S of Yonakuni, Japan10.0 km2026-09-30 12:02:58 UTCView event →
M 5.674 km S of Yonakuni, Japan10.8 km2026-09-30 05:00:24 UTCView event →
M 4.4102 km E of Miyako, Japan36.9 km2026-09-29 06:16:34 UTCView event →
M 4.92 km SW of Sakai, Japan71.0 km2026-09-28 19:45:07 UTCView event →
M 4.3Izu Islands, Japan region290.2 km2026-09-28 14:00:41 UTCView event →
M 4.31 km SSW of Kōzaki, Japan76.5 km2026-09-27 00:45:22 UTCView event →
M 4.44 km NNE of Uto, Japan10.0 km2026-09-26 01:31:19 UTCView event →
M 4.736 km ENE of Kunigami, Japan14.1 km2026-09-25 19:14:53 UTCView event →
M 4.18 km ENE of Kariwa, Japan165.7 km2026-09-25 07:18:22 UTCView event →
M 4.441 km NNE of Kuji, Japan65.3 km2026-09-23 21:35:24 UTCView event →
M 4.4115 km ENE of Miyako, Japan38.2 km2026-09-22 13:48:19 UTCView event →
M 4.4121 km E of Miyako, Japan25.7 km2026-09-22 11:37:12 UTCView event →
M 5.188 km NNW of Uken, Japan10.0 km2026-09-22 10:46:22 UTCView event →
M 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-09-22 06:11:10 UTCView event →
M 5.0Volcano Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-09-22 05:18:24 UTCView event →
M 4.591 km E of Namie, Japan35.0 km2026-09-21 22:29:59 UTCView event →
M 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-09-21 15:56:20 UTCView event →
M 5.038 km E of Nobeoka, Japan42.7 km2026-09-21 13:38:32 UTCView event →
M 4.754 km SE of Shima, Japan354.9 km2026-09-20 13:54:56 UTCView event →
M 4.4Volcano Islands, Japan region162.5 km2026-09-20 11:43:25 UTCView event →
M 5.114 km WNW of Naze, Japan68.8 km2026-09-20 07:28:22 UTCView event →
M 4.625 km NW of Ushibukamachi, Japan10.0 km2026-09-19 12:07:12 UTCView event →
M 4.657 km ESE of Koseda, Japan38.5 km2026-09-19 07:08:23 UTCView event →
M 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region35.0 km2026-09-18 08:39:05 UTCView event →
M 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region35.3 km2026-09-18 07:19:28 UTCView event →
M 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region36.3 km2026-09-18 02:12:28 UTCView event →
M 4.620 km ESE of Tsunō, Japan53.9 km2026-09-18 01:07:30 UTCView event →
M 4.189 km SSE of Shima, Japan363.4 km2026-09-17 05:42:28 UTCView event →
M 5.05 km NE of Mitsukaidō, Japan77.3 km2026-09-16 15:07:38 UTCView event →
M 4.789 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan11.5 km2026-09-15 21:00:35 UTCView event →
M 4.390 km NNW of Ishigaki, Japan10.0 km2026-09-15 17:16:48 UTCView event →
M 4.649 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan51.3 km2026-09-14 10:59:54 UTCView event →
M 4.5109 km E of Tomioka, Japan35.0 km2026-09-14 07:33:04 UTCView event →
M 4.725 km N of Mutsu, Japan120.4 km2026-09-13 08:31:15 UTCView event →
M 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-09-13 03:50:32 UTCView event →
M 4.124 km E of Owase, Japan363.5 km2026-09-13 00:27:14 UTCView event →
M 5.1101 km S of Yudomari, Japan45.5 km2026-09-12 20:32:58 UTCView event →
M 4.4132 km E of Noda, Japan32.4 km2026-09-11 18:53:32 UTCView event →
M 4.357 km W of Yonakuni, Japan51.1 km2026-09-08 22:32:49 UTCView event →
M 4.6219 km SSE of Wada, Japan35.0 km2026-09-06 12:17:14 UTCView event →
M 4.9118 km ENE of Kuji, Japan34.4 km2026-09-06 05:15:45 UTCView event →
M 4.5159 km ENE of Noda, Japan33.9 km2026-09-05 00:22:45 UTCView event →
M 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region38.4 km2026-09-02 13:53:02 UTCView event →
M 4.325 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan55.4 km2026-09-01 23:24:38 UTCView event →
M 4.678 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan74.0 km2026-09-01 19:21:23 UTCView event →
M 4.336 km S of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan63.9 km2026-09-01 17:50:01 UTCView event →
M 4.518 km SW of Urakawa, Japan63.6 km2026-08-30 00:14:19 UTCView event →
M 4.858 km ESE of Koshima, Japan35.0 km2026-08-29 21:00:19 UTCView event →
M 4.716 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan34.8 km2026-08-29 15:17:06 UTCView event →
M 4.8110 km E of Miyako, Japan34.9 km2026-08-28 23:10:36 UTCView event →
M 4.418 km ENE of Kuji, Japan67.1 km2026-08-28 14:31:46 UTCView event →
M 4.5114 km N of Hirara, Japan131.7 km2026-08-28 10:11:33 UTCView event →
M 4.635 km SSW of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan63.7 km2026-08-27 22:13:31 UTCView event →
M 4.863 km NE of Kuji, Japan63.8 km2026-08-27 19:54:41 UTCView event →
M 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-08-27 05:44:26 UTCView event →
M 5.6209 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan16.1 km2026-08-26 19:21:42 UTCView event →
M 4.8147 km E of Miyako, Japan10.0 km2026-08-26 06:54:52 UTCView event →
M 4.26 km N of Ashikaga, Japan78.3 km2026-08-25 23:33:14 UTCView event →
M 4.777 km E of Tomioka, Japan35.0 km2026-08-25 20:23:36 UTCView event →
M 5.031 km S of Nemuro, Japan96.9 km2026-08-25 09:07:20 UTCView event →
M 4.599 km SE of Ishigaki, Japan10.0 km2026-08-24 23:26:56 UTCView event →
M 4.310 km SW of Tomakomai, Japan132.0 km2026-08-24 22:05:02 UTCView event →
M 4.599 km ENE of Noda, Japan35.0 km2026-08-24 18:07:01 UTCView event →
M 4.990 km SE of Taira, Japan10.0 km2026-08-24 15:27:31 UTCView event →
M 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-08-24 09:10:38 UTCView event →
M 4.54 km NNW of Honchō, Japan60.4 km2026-08-23 16:36:15 UTCView event →
M 6.032 km SSW of Honchō, Japan41.0 km2026-08-23 13:44:53 UTCView event →
M 4.490 km ESE of Tomioka, Japan24.1 km2026-08-23 00:32:24 UTCView event →
M 4.450 km NW of Amagi, Japan90.8 km2026-08-22 18:44:57 UTCView event →
M 5.84 km N of Toride, Japan61.0 km2026-08-22 17:00:39 UTCView event →
M 4.7195 km SE of Miyakojima, Japan10.0 km2026-08-21 18:05:20 UTCView event →
M 4.4Bonin Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-08-21 15:08:31 UTCView event →
M 5.4148 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan61.7 km2026-08-21 12:02:07 UTCView event →
M 4.76 km W of Onna, Japan44.1 km2026-08-21 00:01:20 UTCView event →
M 4.318 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan49.9 km2026-08-20 05:28:40 UTCView event →
M 4.244 km SE of Honchō, Japan47.7 km2026-08-19 15:50:20 UTCView event →
M 4.4151 km NW of Uken, Japan227.9 km2026-08-19 11:43:27 UTCView event →
M 4.63 km NNE of Takatsuki, Japan370.5 km2026-08-17 07:36:19 UTCView event →
M 4.778 km S of Miyakojima, Japan10.0 km2026-08-17 04:54:44 UTCView event →
M 4.414 km S of Maebaru-chūō, Japan10.0 km2026-08-16 21:37:16 UTCView event →
M 5.6Volcano Islands, Japan region54.9 km2026-08-15 19:32:31 UTCView event →
M 4.716 km SSE of Tomioka, Japan50.2 km2026-08-15 01:10:51 UTCView event →
M 4.3234 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan118.5 km2026-08-14 16:54:19 UTCView event →
M 4.487 km E of Noda, Japan35.0 km2026-08-14 13:42:56 UTCView event →
M 4.8207 km SE of Katsuura, Japan10.0 km2026-08-14 09:58:43 UTCView event →
M 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region516.4 km2026-08-14 04:53:15 UTCView event →
M 4.411 km E of Seto, Japan285.9 km2026-08-13 19:21:36 UTCView event →
M 4.416 km SW of Honmachi, Japan10.0 km2026-08-12 21:21:28 UTCView event →
M 4.492 km NE of Tatsugō, Japan35.0 km2026-08-12 11:11:33 UTCView event →
M 4.97 km WSW of Honmachi, Japan10.0 km2026-08-12 04:05:51 UTCView event →
M 4.2Izu Islands, Japan region10.0 km2026-08-11 22:28:55 UTCView event →
M 4.881 km SW of Urakawa, Japan68.9 km2026-08-11 21:45:54 UTCView event →
M 4.127 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan106.7 km2026-08-11 08:03:30 UTCView event →
M 4.355 km SSE of Kushima, Japan35.0 km2026-08-10 22:59:54 UTCView event →
M 4.290 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan44.1 km2026-08-10 21:10:48 UTCView event →
M 4.116 km E of Amakusa, Japan10.2 km2026-08-10 17:47:16 UTCView event →
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