Recent Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 3 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 13 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 73 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 719 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

2026-01-12 16:58:52 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 7 km depth
Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
2026-01-12 13:31:49 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 68 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
2026-01-12 01:52:58 UTC 5.6 magnitude, 402 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
2026-01-12 00:50:18 UTC 4.8 magnitude, 34 km depth
Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
2026-01-11 23:50:51 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 33 km depth
Yonakuni, Okinawa, Japan
2026-01-11 17:35:54 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
2026-01-11 04:15:37 UTC 5.2 magnitude, 79 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
2026-01-09 11:24:13 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hanawa, Akita, Japan
2026-01-09 11:07:58 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 22 km depth
Ōhara, Chiba, Japan
2026-01-09 09:56:53 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hanawa, Akita, Japan
2026-01-06 18:04:44 UTC 4.8 magnitude, 60 km depth
Mutsu, Aomori, Japan
2026-01-06 03:34:06 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 56 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
2026-01-06 01:37:47 UTC 5.0 magnitude, 23 km depth
Yasugichō, Shimane, Japan
2026-01-06 01:28:47 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 3 km depth
Matsue, Shimane, Japan
2026-01-06 01:18:48 UTC 5.7 magnitude, 10 km depth
Yasugichō, Shimane, Japan
2026-01-05 18:57:05 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
2026-01-03 19:52:50 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 10 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
2026-01-01 15:56:11 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 190 km depth
Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
2025-12-31 16:30:24 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 64 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
2025-12-31 14:50:04 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 58 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
2025-12-31 14:26:56 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 19 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
2025-12-31 00:27:38 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 50 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
2025-12-30 23:51:37 UTC 4.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Yamada, Iwate, Japan
2025-12-30 22:19:47 UTC 4.8 magnitude, 33 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
2025-12-30 08:12:24 UTC 5.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan
2025-12-29 22:47:21 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
2025-12-27 16:45:42 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 62 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
2025-12-27 15:05:56 UTC 6.6 magnitude, 67 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
2025-12-26 21:09:36 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 357 km depth
Obama, Fukui, Japan
2025-12-25 16:25:52 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 65 km depth
Mutsu, Aomori, Japan

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