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Earthquakes in Japan

63,290 earthquakes catalogued in and around Japan between 1900 and 2026.

Last updated 13 October 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
4.4
Latest earthquake · depth 35 km
12.10.2026 17:25 UTC · from centre 887 km
63,290
recorded earthquakes
M9.1
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.33
mean magnitude
61,951
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0349169821900: 6 (M5+)19001901: 7 (M5+)1902: 9 (M5+)1903: 1 (M5+)1904: 5 (M5+)1905: 7 (M5+)1906: 10 (M5+)1907: 9 (M5+)1908: 4 (M5+)1909: 13 (M5+)1910: 7 (M5+)19101911: 7 (M5+)1912: 3 (M5+)1913: 13 (M5+)1914: 4 (M5+)1915: 15 (M5+)1916: 13 (M5+)1917: 12 (M5+)1918: 5 (M5+)1919: 5 (M5+)1920: 6 (M5+)19201921: 13 (M5+)1922: 10 (M5+)1923: 26 (M5+)1924: 22 (M5+)1925: 17 (M5+)1926: 31 (M5+)1927: 53 (M5+)1928: 34 (M5+)1929: 27 (M5+)1930: 24 (M5+)19301931: 40 (M5+)1932: 31 (M5+)1933: 81 (M5+)1934: 40 (M5+)1935: 39 (M5+)1936: 29 (M5+)1937: 33 (M5+)1938: 76 (M5+)1939: 22 (M5+)1940: 28 (M5+)19401941: 19 (M5+)1942: 14 (M5+)1943: 19 (M5+)1944: 14 (M5+)1945: 18 (M5+)1946: 8 (M5+)1947: 13 (M5+)1948: 16 (M5+)1949: 5 (M5+)1950: 12 (M5+)19501951: 11 (M5+)1952: 43 (M5+)1953: 23 (M5+)1954: 24 (M5+)1955: 22 (M5+)1956: 18 (M5+)1957: 14 (M5+)1958: 5 (M4–5)1958: 34 (M5+)1959: 1 (M4–5)1959: 23 (M5+)1960: 2 (M4–5)1960: 28 (M5+)19601961: 19 (M4–5)1961: 32 (M5+)1962: 47 (M4–5)1962: 35 (M5+)1963: 41 (M4–5)1963: 37 (M5+)1964: 4 (M3–4)1964: 246 (M4–5)1964: 65 (M5+)1965: 8 (M3–4)1965: 245 (M4–5)1965: 61 (M5+)1966: 6 (M3–4)1966: 291 (M4–5)1966: 68 (M5+)1967: 2 (M3–4)1967: 305 (M4–5)1967: 52 (M5+)1968: 6 (M3–4)1968: 690 (M4–5)1968: 182 (M5+)1969: 5 (M3–4)1969: 289 (M4–5)1969: 78 (M5+)1970: 3 (M3–4)1970: 232 (M4–5)1970: 60 (M5+)19701971: 2 (M3–4)1971: 193 (M4–5)1971: 81 (M5+)1972: 8 (M3–4)1972: 334 (M4–5)1972: 78 (M5+)1973: 89 (M3–4)1973: 412 (M4–5)1973: 99 (M5+)1974: 45 (M3–4)1974: 383 (M4–5)1974: 86 (M5+)1975: 19 (M3–4)1975: 295 (M4–5)1975: 94 (M5+)1976: 16 (M3–4)1976: 277 (M4–5)1976: 80 (M5+)1977: 6 (M3–4)1977: 252 (M4–5)1977: 81 (M5+)1978: 13 (M3–4)1978: 406 (M4–5)1978: 93 (M5+)1979: 17 (M3–4)1979: 290 (M4–5)1979: 57 (M5+)1980: 11 (M3–4)1980: 337 (M4–5)1980: 76 (M5+)19801981: 12 (M3–4)1981: 290 (M4–5)1981: 98 (M5+)1982: 13 (M3–4)1982: 463 (M4–5)1982: 104 (M5+)1983: 7 (M3–4)1983: 591 (M4–5)1983: 137 (M5+)1984: 11 (M3–4)1984: 464 (M4–5)1984: 89 (M5+)1985: 14 (M3–4)1985: 611 (M4–5)1985: 145 (M5+)1986: 13 (M3–4)1986: 454 (M4–5)1986: 91 (M5+)1987: 12 (M3–4)1987: 402 (M4–5)1987: 79 (M5+)1988: 1 (M<3)1988: 16 (M3–4)1988: 370 (M4–5)1988: 63 (M5+)1989: 18 (M<3)1989: 94 (M3–4)1989: 464 (M4–5)1989: 117 (M5+)1990: 27 (M3–4)1990: 417 (M4–5)1990: 78 (M5+)19901991: 21 (M3–4)1991: 378 (M4–5)1991: 45 (M5+)1992: 55 (M3–4)1992: 571 (M4–5)1992: 112 (M5+)1993: 46 (M3–4)1993: 691 (M4–5)1993: 77 (M5+)1994: 43 (M3–4)1994: 509 (M4–5)1994: 94 (M5+)1995: 92 (M3–4)1995: 988 (M4–5)1995: 109 (M5+)1996: 292 (M3–4)1996: 638 (M4–5)1996: 65 (M5+)1997: 3 (M<3)1997: 205 (M3–4)1997: 538 (M4–5)1997: 74 (M5+)1998: 221 (M3–4)1998: 519 (M4–5)1998: 70 (M5+)1999: 160 (M3–4)1999: 465 (M4–5)1999: 58 (M5+)2000: 1 (M<3)2000: 318 (M3–4)2000: 1,085 (M4–5)2000: 158 (M5+)20002001: 191 (M3–4)2001: 544 (M4–5)2001: 70 (M5+)2002: 199 (M3–4)2002: 643 (M4–5)2002: 85 (M5+)2003: 371 (M<3)2003: 179 (M3–4)2003: 843 (M4–5)2003: 109 (M5+)2004: 203 (M<3)2004: 228 (M3–4)2004: 989 (M4–5)2004: 130 (M5+)2005: 55 (M<3)2005: 276 (M3–4)2005: 965 (M4–5)2005: 104 (M5+)2006: 36 (M<3)2006: 300 (M3–4)2006: 707 (M4–5)2006: 53 (M5+)2007: 31 (M<3)2007: 366 (M3–4)2007: 767 (M4–5)2007: 77 (M5+)2008: 32 (M<3)2008: 546 (M3–4)2008: 892 (M4–5)2008: 90 (M5+)2009: 76 (M3–4)2009: 506 (M4–5)2009: 62 (M5+)2010: 172 (M3–4)2010: 1,153 (M4–5)2010: 106 (M5+)20102011: 763 (M3–4)2011: 5,493 (M4–5)2011: 726 (M5+)2012: 224 (M3–4)2012: 1,216 (M4–5)2012: 133 (M5+)2013: 145 (M3–4)2013: 863 (M4–5)2013: 103 (M5+)2014: 178 (M3–4)2014: 978 (M4–5)2014: 75 (M5+)2015: 188 (M3–4)2015: 947 (M4–5)2015: 87 (M5+)2016: 164 (M3–4)2016: 1,058 (M4–5)2016: 114 (M5+)2017: 1 (M<3)2017: 134 (M3–4)2017: 704 (M4–5)2017: 87 (M5+)2018: 194 (M3–4)2018: 719 (M4–5)2018: 82 (M5+)2019: 188 (M3–4)2019: 730 (M4–5)2019: 69 (M5+)2020: 1 (M<3)2020: 381 (M3–4)2020: 730 (M4–5)2020: 75 (M5+)20202021: 515 (M3–4)2021: 975 (M4–5)2021: 84 (M5+)2022: 488 (M3–4)2022: 1,168 (M4–5)2022: 113 (M5+)2023: 470 (M3–4)2023: 1,013 (M4–5)2023: 117 (M5+)2024: 11 (M<3)2024: 652 (M3–4)2024: 1,019 (M4–5)2024: 98 (M5+)2025: 47 (M<3)2025: 763 (M3–4)2025: 1,070 (M4–5)2025: 134 (M5+)2026: 40 (M<3)2026: 889 (M3–4)2026: 801 (M4–5)2026: 89 (M5+)2026
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
9.111.03.2011 05:4619.7 km802 km
8.402.03.1933 17:3115 km1019 km
8.325.09.2003 19:5026.4 km1146 km
8.204.10.1994 13:2329.2 km1511 km
8.216.05.1968 00:4812.1 km1021 km
8.107.12.1944 04:3515 km188 km
8.120.12.1946 19:1915 km223 km
8.104.03.1952 01:2245 km1157 km
8.112.04.1910 00:22235 km1377 km
7.905.11.1938 08:4335 km708 km
7.925.11.1953 17:4825 km635 km
7.915.06.1911 14:25150 km840 km
7.901.09.1923 02:5815 km419 km
7.911.03.2011 06:1525.4 km597 km
7.930.05.2015 11:23685.5 km945 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.412.10.2026 17:2535 km887 km
3.312.10.2026 11:3380 km1303 km
4.512.10.2026 03:4465.9 km1214 km
4.612.10.2026 00:53199.8 km1235 km
4.711.10.2026 16:2455.8 km524 km
3.110.10.2026 03:1610 km457 km
3.510.10.2026 01:2010 km279 km
3.009.10.2026 18:2610 km114 km
4.609.10.2026 18:0460 km731 km
4.409.10.2026 16:4667.8 km1358 km
4.009.10.2026 09:49277.9 km1325 km
4.209.10.2026 02:36269.2 km658 km
3.509.10.2026 02:1210 km477 km
3.308.10.2026 22:1460 km1362 km
4.208.10.2026 19:2335 km973 km
4.608.10.2026 18:3295.6 km706 km
3.608.10.2026 09:1440 km894 km
4.508.10.2026 04:4133 km724 km
3.808.10.2026 04:3030 km1354 km
3.008.10.2026 04:2310 km463 km
3.708.10.2026 02:4340 km674 km
4.307.10.2026 22:1479.5 km571 km
3.107.10.2026 21:3610 km463 km
4.607.10.2026 19:3695.6 km456 km
4.907.10.2026 19:1373 km522 km
4.307.10.2026 17:59248.7 km1261 km
3.507.10.2026 07:0360 km696 km
4.207.10.2026 01:3129.6 km967 km
4.507.10.2026 00:2252.7 km638 km
3.406.10.2026 10:5340 km419 km
4.606.10.2026 04:2810 km986 km
4.306.10.2026 01:4871 km1048 km
3.105.10.2026 10:2750 km251 km
3.804.10.2026 23:3990 km866 km
3.004.10.2026 22:2810 km116 km
3.404.10.2026 11:5640 km818 km
3.903.10.2026 23:4550 km1411 km
4.303.10.2026 22:2710 km981 km
4.803.10.2026 06:0537.5 km736 km
3.503.10.2026 04:260 km471 km
3.003.10.2026 04:2410 km471 km
4.503.10.2026 00:11126.9 km551 km
4.502.10.2026 20:3450 km933 km
3.102.10.2026 08:390 km449 km
3.502.10.2026 06:4110 km477 km
4.501.10.2026 21:0165 km475 km
3.301.10.2026 19:0510 km705 km
5.101.10.2026 17:1735 km948 km
3.301.10.2026 12:5140 km552 km
3.601.10.2026 12:3140 km550 km
5.301.10.2026 12:2741.6 km537 km
3.501.10.2026 11:260 km443 km
3.201.10.2026 01:3250 km451 km
4.430.09.2026 21:1635 km565 km
4.630.09.2026 21:1110 km1218 km
3.029.09.2026 13:4850 km541 km
3.229.09.2026 09:1210 km291 km
4.429.09.2026 06:1636.9 km933 km
4.928.09.2026 19:4571 km477 km
4.328.09.2026 14:01267.9 km318 km

Regions

Tokyo20,242Okinawa Prefecture7,279Hokkaidō6,708Ibaraki Prefecture3,921Chiba Prefecture3,357Iwate Prefecture2,591Miyagi Prefecture2,269Fukushima Prefecture2,172Kagoshima Prefecture2,118Tochigi Prefecture1,297Niigata Prefecture1,258Saitama Prefecture1,236Miyazaki Prefecture1,190Gunma Prefecture1,134Nagano Prefecture1,099Ishikawa Prefecture1,067Shizuoka Prefecture1,023Aomori Prefecture949Kanagawa Prefecture826Kumamoto Prefecture817Mie Prefecture719Akita Prefecture687Gifu Prefecture642Ōita Prefecture629Yamagata Prefecture523Yamanashi Prefecture473Hyōgo Prefecture469Toyama Prefecture452Wakayama Prefecture441Ehime Prefecture407Kyōto Prefecture403Aichi Prefecture396Fukui Prefecture378Nara Prefecture353Ōsaka Prefecture337Fukuoka Prefecture309Kōchi Prefecture303Shiga Prefecture297Nagasaki Prefecture268Shimane Prefecture245Hiroshima Prefecture209Okayama Prefecture193Tottori Prefecture188Yamaguchi Prefecture184Tokushima Prefecture172Saga Prefecture160

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.