Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Niigata
Niigata, Japan · population 797,591. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days17M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year164M2.5+
Since 19004,534M4.5+, 198 of them M6+
How often M6+0.6 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Niigata. 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
- 8.0 5 km SSE of Ōiso, Japan Sep 1, 1923
- 7.9 47 km E of Ōarai, Japan Mar 11, 2011
- 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
- 7.7 116 km ESE of Namie, Japan Nov 5, 1938
- 7.7 69 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan May 23, 1938
- 7.6 27 km NW of Murakami, Japan Jun 16, 1964
- 7.5 2024 Noto Peninsula, Japan Earthquake Jan 1, 2024
The latest nearby
- 4.7 6 km N of Asahi, Japan Oct 28, 2026
- 5.5 5 km ESE of Asahi, Japan Oct 28, 2026
- 4.8 54 km E of Tomioka, Japan Oct 27, 2026
- 4.5 74 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan Oct 25, 2026
- 4.5 2 km N of Honchō, Japan Oct 21, 2026
- 4.2 9 km W of Ōami, Japan Oct 15, 2026
- 4.4 100 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan Oct 15, 2026
- 4.4 47 km ENE of Onagawa Chō, Japan Oct 14, 2026
- 4.7 4 km SE of Narutō, Japan Oct 11, 2026
- 4.1 191 km WSW of Fukaura, Japan Oct 9, 2026
- 4.3 3 km SSW of Funaishikawa, Japan Oct 7, 2026
- 4.5 1 km SSW of Tokorozawa, Japan Oct 7, 2026
- 4.9 6 km SSW of Asahi, Japan Oct 7, 2026
- 4.5 25 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan Oct 7, 2026
- 4.6 3 km SE of Fujisawa, Japan Oct 6, 2026