M 4.4 earthquake – 100 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan
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Local time: Oct 15, 2026 · 11:05 (UTC+9)
LightShallow · 36 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 36 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 36.415, 141.778101 km from Takahagi
- Energy released
- 60 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 14, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 60 tons of TNT, 7.9 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Japan.
- 9.1 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan Mar 11, 2011
- 8.0 5 km SSE of Ōiso, Japan Sep 1, 1923
- 7.9 47 km E of Ōarai, Japan Mar 11, 2011
- 7.9 174 km SE of Katsuura, Japan Nov 25, 1953
- 7.8 5 km E of Tateyama, Japan Sep 2, 1923
- 7.8 105 km E of Iwaki, Japan Nov 5, 1938
- 7.7 68 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan Jun 12, 1978
- 7.7 116 km E of Namie, Japan Nov 6, 1938