M 4.3 earthquake – 88 km NNW of Ishigaki, Japan
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Local time: Sep 16, 2026 · 02:16 (UTC+9)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.3body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 25.013, 123.67889 km from Ishigaki
- Energy released
- 43 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 284USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Sep 8, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 43 tons of TNT, 11 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Japan.
- 8.2 1920 Hualien, Taiwan Earthquake Jun 5, 1920
- 8.1 1910 Taiwan Earthquake Apr 12, 1910
- 7.7 50 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan Sep 1, 1922
- 7.7 35 km N of Hirara, Japan Jun 10, 1938
- 7.5 38 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan Mar 12, 1966
- 7.5 58 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan Oct 21, 1951
- 7.4 15 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan Apr 2, 2024
- 7.4 8 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan Nov 14, 1986