M 5.3 earthquake – 44 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan
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Local time: Oct 25, 2026 · 08:59 (UTC+9)
ModerateShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.3body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 31.823, 131.87344 km from Miyazaki
- Energy released
- 1.3 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 3"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 3.1max. reported (CDI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 433USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 1, 2026.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 1.3 kilotons of TNT, 2.8 times the energy of 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.
- 8.0 1941 Hyuganada Earthquake Nov 18, 1941
- 7.9 58 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan Nov 2, 1931
- 7.5 18 km NNE of Nichinan, Japan Feb 26, 1961
- 7.5 60 km ESE of Nobeoka, Japan Apr 1, 1968
- 7.5 18 km SE of Honmachi, Japan Nov 10, 1909
- 7.4 152 km ESE of Koshima, Japan Feb 1, 1916
- 7.4 22 km N of Nishinoomote, Japan Jul 13, 1923
- 7.2 29 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan Apr 13, 1913