M 4.4 earthquake – 28 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan
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Local time: Oct 10, 2026 · 01:46 (UTC+9)
LightShallow · 68 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 68 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 43.101, 145.75229 km from Nemuro
- 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 6, 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.
- 8.3 48 km E of Shikotan, Russia Oct 4, 1994
- 8.3 1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake Nov 6, 1958
- 8.2 1969 Hokkaido Toho-oki Earthquake Aug 11, 1969
- 8.2 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Sep 25, 2003
- 8.1 1952 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Mar 4, 1952
- 7.9 70 km S of Honchō, Japan May 16, 1968
- 7.7 277 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan May 3, 1919
- 7.7 19 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan Jun 17, 1973