Asia
Earthquakes in Japan
Every earthquake in and around Japan since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days80M2.5+
Past year1,517M2.5+
Magnitude 6+1,408since 1900
StrongestM 9.12011 · 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Japan
- 9.1 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan Mar 11, 2011
- 8.4 1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan Mar 2, 1933
- 8.3 48 km E of Shikotan, Russia Oct 4, 1994
- 8.3 1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake Nov 6, 1958
- 8.3 40 km SSE of Kushimoto, Japan Dec 20, 1946
- 8.2 1969 Hokkaido Toho-oki Earthquake Aug 11, 1969
- 8.2 1968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake May 16, 1968
- 8.2 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Sep 25, 2003
- 8.1 1952 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Mar 4, 1952
- 8.1 1944 Toankai Earthquake Dec 7, 1944
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.5 68 km ENE of Kuji, Japan Oct 30, 2026
- 4.6 64 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia Oct 30, 2026
- 4.6 51 km ENE of Noda, Japan Oct 30, 2026
- 4.6 121 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia Oct 29, 2026
- 4.5 141 km E of Miyako, Japan Oct 29, 2026
- 4.6 17 km N of Kushiro, Japan Oct 28, 2026
- 4.3 10 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan Oct 28, 2026
- 4.7 6 km N of Asahi, Japan Oct 28, 2026
- 5.5 5 km ESE of Asahi, Japan Oct 28, 2026
- 4.6 203 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan Oct 27, 2026
- 4.8 54 km E of Tomioka, Japan Oct 27, 2026
- 4.5 56 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia Oct 26, 2026
- 4.2 37 km E of Hachinohe, Japan Oct 26, 2026
- 4.8 Bonin Islands, Japan region Oct 25, 2026
- 5.3 Bonin Islands, Japan region Oct 25, 2026