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Earthquakes in Japan and worldwide — daily log

A once-a-day summary of earthquakes reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 14 languages.

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Japan, last 7 days49events
Strongest intensity in Japan (7 days)3Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture
M4.5+ worldwide (7 days)115events
Largest magnitude worldwide (7 days)M5.939 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia

Earthquakes reported in Japan per day (JST)

Earthquakes reported in Japan per day (JST)119/7: 49/79/8: 79/9: 69/10: 69/109/11: 69/12: 29/13: 89/139/14: 69/15: 49/16: 69/169/17: 79/18: 59/19: 109/199/20: 39/21: 109/22: 79/229/23: 39/24: 99/25: 49/259/26: 99/27: 49/28: 69/289/29: 49/30: 310/1: 810/110/2: 810/3: 1110/4: 810/410/5: 810/6: 0

Japan: earthquakes of the last 7 days

Hypocenter and seismic intensity reports from JMA. Intensity uses the JMA seismic intensity scale (0–7).

Time (JST)Epicenter regionMagnitudeDepthMax. intensity
Oct 5, 2026 22:31Off the northwest Coast of Ishigakijima IslandM4.6150 km1
Oct 5, 2026 21:09Central Nagano PrefectureM2.0very shallow1
Oct 5, 2026 19:27Nanyo, Ehime PrefectureM3.150 km1
Oct 5, 2026 12:39Satsuma Region, Kagoshima PrefectureM2.0very shallow1
Oct 5, 2026 09:18Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.610 km1
Oct 5, 2026 08:39Adjacent Sea of Tokara IslandsM3.890 km1
Oct 5, 2026 07:28Western Kagawa PrefectureM3.010 km1
Oct 5, 2026 05:02Harimanada SeaM2.510 km1
Oct 4, 2026 20:56Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureM3.440 km1
Oct 4, 2026 20:03Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.810 km1
Oct 4, 2026 13:19Adjacent Sea of ​​Izu-Oshima IslandM2.1very shallow1
Oct 4, 2026 11:36Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.110 km1
Oct 4, 2026 09:52Noto, Ishikawa PrefectureM2.910 km1
Oct 4, 2026 08:58Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.410 km1
Oct 4, 2026 08:45Adjacent Sea of​ Miyakojima IslandM3.950 km2
Oct 4, 2026 03:40Plain Area of Northern Miyazaki PrefectureM2.860 km1
Oct 3, 2026 17:17Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.810 km2
Oct 3, 2026 15:21Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.810 km1
Oct 3, 2026 15:08Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.810 km1
Oct 3, 2026 15:05Off the northeast Coast of Amami-Oshima IslandM4.520 km1
Oct 3, 2026 13:26Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.5very shallow2
Oct 3, 2026 13:24Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.010 km2
Oct 3, 2026 09:11Kagoshima BayM3.9130 km1
Oct 3, 2026 06:41Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.4very shallow1
Oct 3, 2026 05:34Off the Coast of SanrikuM4.310 km2
Oct 3, 2026 04:11Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.410 km1
Oct 3, 2026 03:17Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.8very shallow2
Oct 2, 2026 17:39Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.1very shallow3
Oct 2, 2026 15:41Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.510 km2
Oct 2, 2026 14:54Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.0very shallow1
Oct 2, 2026 06:01Southern Ibaraki PrefectureM3.950 km2
Oct 2, 2026 04:05Adjacent Sea of Tokara IslandsM3.310 km3
Oct 2, 2026 02:17Off the Coast of SanrikuM5.010 km2
Oct 2, 2026 01:20Northern Ibaraki PrefectureM2.6very shallow1
Oct 2, 2026 01:17Northern Ibaraki PrefectureM2.710 km1
Oct 1, 2026 21:51Northeastern Chiba PrefectureM3.340 km1
Oct 1, 2026 21:31Northeastern Chiba PrefectureM3.640 km1
Oct 1, 2026 21:27Northeastern Chiba PrefectureM5.150 km3
Oct 1, 2026 21:16Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM2.710 km1
Oct 1, 2026 20:26Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.5very shallow2
Oct 1, 2026 10:32Southern Saitama PrefectureM3.250 km1
Oct 1, 2026 06:17Northeastern Chiba PrefectureM3.550 km2
Oct 1, 2026 00:58Aizu, Fukushima PrefectureM2.9very shallow1
Sep 30, 2026 21:28Adjacent Sea of Tokara IslandsM2.510 km1
Sep 30, 2026 18:46Adjacent Sea of Tokara IslandsM2.7very shallow1
Sep 30, 2026 14:00Adjacent Sea of Yonagunijima IslandM6.010 km3
Sep 29, 2026 22:48Northeastern Chiba PrefectureM3.050 km1
Sep 29, 2026 18:12Northern Yamaguchi PrefectureM3.210 km1
Sep 29, 2026 10:49Southern Wakayama PrefectureM2.630 km1

Japan: intensity 3 or higher, last 30 days

Time (JST)Epicenter regionMagnitudeDepthMax. intensity
Oct 2, 2026 17:39Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.1very shallow3
Oct 2, 2026 04:05Adjacent Sea of Tokara IslandsM3.310 km3
Oct 1, 2026 21:27Northeastern Chiba PrefectureM5.150 km3
Sep 30, 2026 14:00Adjacent Sea of Yonagunijima IslandM6.010 km3
Sep 29, 2026 04:45Southern Ibaraki PrefectureM4.950 km4
Sep 26, 2026 11:21Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.610 km3
Sep 26, 2026 10:31Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM4.510 km4
Sep 22, 2026 15:34Southern Ibaraki PrefectureM3.950 km3
Sep 22, 2026 01:39Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.5very shallow3
Sep 21, 2026 22:38Hyuganada SeaM4.830 km3
Sep 20, 2026 16:28Adjacent Sea of Amami-Oshima IslandM5.060 km3
Sep 19, 2026 21:07Amakusanada SeaM4.410 km3
Sep 17, 2026 00:07Southern Ibaraki PrefectureM4.870 km3
Sep 16, 2026 06:09Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM4.010 km4
Sep 14, 2026 19:36Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM4.0very shallow3
Sep 13, 2026 17:31Tsugaru StraitM4.5120 km3
Sep 10, 2026 18:55Aizu, Fukushima PrefectureM3.2very shallow3
Sep 7, 2026 23:21Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto PrefectureM3.810 km3

Worldwide: M4.5+ earthquakes, last 7 days — Largest 10

Magnitude 4.5 and above, from the USGS real-time feed. Places are given as published by the USGS.

Time (UTC)Epicenter regionMagnitudeDepth
Oct 3, 2026 22:5539 km WSW of Tambolaka, IndonesiaM5.946 km
Oct 2, 2026 16:34165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, RussiaM5.829 km
Sep 30, 2026 21:5594 km SW of Tamarindo, Costa RicaM5.68 km
Sep 30, 2026 05:0074 km S of Yonakuni, JapanM5.611 km
Sep 29, 2026 13:06southern Mid-Atlantic RidgeM5.510 km
Sep 30, 2026 04:48Balleny Islands regionM5.410 km
Sep 29, 2026 12:4099 km SSE of Pangai, TongaM5.410 km
Oct 5, 2026 01:18central Mid-Atlantic RidgeM5.310 km
Oct 3, 2026 23:3781 km SSW of Banda Aceh, IndonesiaM5.356 km
Oct 1, 2026 12:270 km NNE of Yōkaichiba, JapanM5.342 km

All M4.5+ earthquakes of the last 7 days →