M 5.1 earthquake – 72 km ENE of Noda, Japan
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Local time: Oct 24, 2026 · 01:07 (UTC+9)
ModerateShallow · 38 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.1body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 38 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 40.416, 142.57273 km from Kuji
- Energy released
- 674 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 2"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 2.7max. reported (CDI)
- Aftershocks
- 2M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 401USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 1, 2026.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 674 tons of TNT, 1.4 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
2 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Japan.
- 9.1 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan Mar 11, 2011
- 8.4 1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan Mar 2, 1933
- 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
- 7.9 113 km ENE of Miyako, Japan Mar 20, 1960
- 7.9 78 km E of Hachinohe, Japan Mar 9, 1931
- 7.9 70 km S of Honchō, Japan May 16, 1968