Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Kitakami
Kitakami, Iwate, Japan · population 93,045. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days14M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year614M2.5+
Since 19006,783M4.5+, 402 of them M6+
How often M6+0.3 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Kitakami. 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
- 8.4 1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan Mar 2, 1933
- 8.2 1968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake May 16, 1968
- 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
- 7.8 off the east coast of Honshu, Japan Dec 28, 1994
- 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
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
- 4.2 99 km ENE of Noda, Japan Oct 8, 2026
- 4.2 93 km ENE of Noda, Japan Oct 7, 2026
- 4.5 25 km ESE of Iwaki, 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