Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Akita
Akita, Japan · population 307,672. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days14M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year555M2.5+
Since 19004,580M4.5+, 297 of them M6+
How often M6+0.4 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Akita. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 9.1 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan Mar 11, 2011
- 7.9 113 km ENE of Miyako, Japan Mar 20, 1960
- 7.9 78 km E of Hachinohe, Japan Mar 9, 1931
- 7.8 off the east coast of Honshu, Japan Dec 28, 1994
- 7.7 68 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan Jun 12, 1978
- 7.6 2025 Aomori Prefecture, Japan Earthquake Dec 8, 2025
- 7.6 27 km NW of Murakami, Japan Jun 16, 1964
- 7.6 119 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan Nov 1, 1915
- 7.5 Near the east coast of Honshu, Japan Aug 9, 1901
- 7.4 off the east coast of Honshu, Japan Oct 10, 1939
The latest nearby
- 4.5 68 km ENE of Kuji, Japan Oct 30, 2026
- 4.6 51 km ENE of Noda, Japan Oct 30, 2026
- 4.5 141 km E of Miyako, Japan Oct 29, 2026
- 4.8 54 km E of Tomioka, Japan Oct 27, 2026
- 4.2 37 km E of Hachinohe, Japan Oct 26, 2026
- 4.5 74 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan Oct 25, 2026
- 5.1 72 km ENE of Noda, Japan Oct 23, 2026
- 4.4 47 km ENE of Onagawa Chō, Japan Oct 14, 2026
- 4.4 54 km E of Miyako, Japan Oct 12, 2026
- 4.1 191 km WSW of Fukaura, Japan Oct 9, 2026
- 4.2 99 km ENE of Noda, Japan Oct 8, 2026
- 4.2 93 km ENE of Noda, Japan Oct 7, 2026
- 4.5 90 km E of Noda, Japan Oct 2, 2026
- 5.1 103 km ENE of Miyako, Japan Oct 1, 2026
- 4.4 110 km E of Miyako, Japan Sep 29, 2026