Earthquakes in Japan in September 2026
147 earthquakes reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency between September 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 (JST). Strongest intensity: 4; largest magnitude: M6.0.
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Earthquakes147
Strongest intensity4
Largest magnitudeM6.0
Intensity 3 or higher15
Our archive starts on September 5, 2026; earlier events are not included.
Earthquakes per day
By maximum intensity
| Max. intensity | Events |
|---|---|
| 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 1 | 103 |
Largest by magnitude
| Time (JST) | Epicenter region | Magnitude | Max. intensity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 14:00 | Adjacent Sea of Yonagunijima Island | M6.0 | 3 |
| Sep 13, 2026 05:33 | Off the northeast Coast of Amami-Oshima Island | M5.1 | 2 |
| Sep 20, 2026 16:28 | Adjacent Sea of Amami-Oshima Island | M5.0 | 3 |
| Sep 22, 2026 19:46 | Off the northwest Coast of Amami- Oshima Island | M4.9 | 1 |
| Sep 29, 2026 04:45 | Southern Ibaraki Prefecture | M4.9 | 4 |
| Sep 17, 2026 00:07 | Southern Ibaraki Prefecture | M4.8 | 3 |
| Sep 21, 2026 22:38 | Hyuganada Sea | M4.8 | 3 |
| Sep 6, 2026 14:15 | Off the east Coast of Aomori Prefecture | M4.7 | 2 |
| Sep 21, 2026 08:25 | Off the southeast Coast of the Nemuro Peninsula | M4.7 | 2 |
| Sep 13, 2026 12:50 | Adjacent Sea of Chichijima Island | M4.6 | 1 |
Full list
| Time (JST) | Epicenter region | Magnitude | Max. intensity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 21:28 | Adjacent Sea of Tokara Islands | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 30, 2026 18:46 | Adjacent Sea of Tokara Islands | M2.7 | 1 |
| Sep 30, 2026 14:00 | Adjacent Sea of Yonagunijima Island | M6.0 | 3 |
| Sep 29, 2026 22:48 | Northeastern Chiba Prefecture | M3.0 | 1 |
| Sep 29, 2026 18:12 | Northern Yamaguchi Prefecture | M3.2 | 1 |
| Sep 29, 2026 10:49 | Southern Wakayama Prefecture | M2.6 | 1 |
| Sep 29, 2026 04:45 | Southern Ibaraki Prefecture | M4.9 | 4 |
| Sep 28, 2026 21:04 | Off the Coast of Miyagi Prefecture | M3.5 | 1 |
| Sep 28, 2026 16:24 | Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture | M2.9 | 1 |
| Sep 28, 2026 11:05 | Off the Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M3.3 | 1 |
| Sep 28, 2026 10:50 | Off the Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M3.4 | 1 |
| Sep 28, 2026 06:29 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.8 | 1 |
| Sep 28, 2026 01:59 | Northeastern Chiba Prefecture | M2.7 | 1 |
| Sep 27, 2026 17:37 | Adjacent Sea of Okinawa Main Island | M3.5 | 1 |
| Sep 27, 2026 16:25 | Off the Coast of Urakawa | M3.5 | 1 |
| Sep 27, 2026 09:45 | Northeastern Chiba Prefecture | M3.8 | 1 |
| Sep 27, 2026 01:23 | Northern Ibaraki Prefecture | M2.7 | 1 |
| Sep 26, 2026 23:54 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.2 | 1 |
| Sep 26, 2026 21:07 | Ise Bay | M3.2 | 1 |
| Sep 26, 2026 19:42 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.6 | 1 |
| Sep 26, 2026 17:05 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.1 | 1 |
| Sep 26, 2026 12:17 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.2 | 2 |
| Sep 26, 2026 11:21 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.6 | 3 |
| Sep 26, 2026 10:43 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.9 | 2 |
| Sep 26, 2026 10:31 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M4.5 | 4 |
| Sep 26, 2026 04:14 | Adjacent Sea of Okinawa Main Island | M3.8 | 1 |
| Sep 25, 2026 17:04 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.0 | 1 |
| Sep 25, 2026 13:11 | Nakadori, Fukushima Prefecture | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 25, 2026 08:53 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.8 | 2 |
| Sep 25, 2026 08:46 | Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture | M2.9 | 1 |
| Sep 24, 2026 22:46 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.7 | 1 |
| Sep 24, 2026 22:38 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.0 | 2 |
| Sep 24, 2026 21:30 | Off the Coast of Miyagi Prefecture | M4.1 | 2 |
| Sep 24, 2026 17:27 | Northeastern Chiba Prefecture | M3.6 | 1 |
| Sep 24, 2026 12:39 | Eastern Mino, Gifu Prefecture | M3.0 | 1 |
| Sep 24, 2026 09:51 | Off the Coast of Ibaraki Prefecture | M3.7 | 1 |
| Sep 24, 2026 06:35 | Off the Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M3.8 | 2 |
| Sep 24, 2026 01:33 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.2 | 1 |
| Sep 24, 2026 01:30 | Adjacent Sea of Miyakojima Island | M3.3 | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2026 09:27 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.3 | 2 |
| Sep 23, 2026 06:51 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.2 | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2026 02:33 | Off the Coast of Akita Prefecture | M2.6 | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2026 21:51 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2026 19:46 | Off the northwest Coast of Amami- Oshima Island | M4.9 | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2026 18:49 | Adjacent Sea of Amami-Oshima Island | M3.4 | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2026 15:34 | Southern Ibaraki Prefecture | M3.9 | 3 |
| Sep 22, 2026 08:27 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.0 | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2026 07:30 | Off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture | M4.5 | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2026 01:39 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.5 | 3 |
| Sep 21, 2026 23:32 | Off the Coast of Ibaraki Prefecture | M3.5 | 1 |
| Sep 21, 2026 22:38 | Hyuganada Sea | M4.8 | 3 |
| Sep 21, 2026 21:14 | Off the Coast of Miyagi Prefecture | M3.6 | 1 |
| Sep 21, 2026 20:38 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.0 | 1 |
| Sep 21, 2026 19:42 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.2 | 1 |
| Sep 21, 2026 17:17 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.3 | 1 |
| Sep 21, 2026 08:49 | Northern Okayama Prefecture | M3.3 | 2 |
| Sep 21, 2026 08:25 | Off the southeast Coast of the Nemuro Peninsula | M4.7 | 2 |
| Sep 21, 2026 08:07 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.1 | 1 |
| Sep 21, 2026 01:57 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 2 |
| Sep 20, 2026 16:37 | Adjacent Sea of Amami-Oshima Island | M2.6 | 1 |
| Sep 20, 2026 16:28 | Adjacent Sea of Amami-Oshima Island | M5.0 | 3 |
| Sep 20, 2026 15:55 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M1.5 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 21:23 | Adjacent Sea of Miyakojima Island | M3.9 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 21:07 | Amakusanada Sea | M4.4 | 3 |
| Sep 19, 2026 14:04 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.7 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 14:01 | Off the Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M3.9 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 09:29 | Hyuganada Sea | M4.0 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 07:48 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 06:58 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 06:15 | Off the Coast of Ibaraki Prefecture | M3.9 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 04:45 | Off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture | M4.2 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2026 01:59 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.8 | 2 |
| Sep 18, 2026 20:34 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.3 | 1 |
| Sep 18, 2026 10:07 | Hyuganada Sea | M4.3 | 2 |
| Sep 18, 2026 08:31 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.3 | 1 |
| Sep 18, 2026 03:06 | Adjacent Sea of Okinawa Main Island | M3.4 | 1 |
| Sep 18, 2026 02:04 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2026 22:40 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.9 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2026 21:52 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.2 | 2 |
| Sep 17, 2026 18:24 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.3 | 2 |
| Sep 17, 2026 06:11 | Southern Ibaraki Prefecture | M3.1 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2026 03:40 | Off the Coast of Ibaraki Prefecture | M3.5 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2026 01:45 | Off the Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M3.8 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2026 00:07 | Southern Ibaraki Prefecture | M4.8 | 3 |
| Sep 16, 2026 21:35 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M1.0 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2026 17:21 | Northern Tochigi Prefecture | M2.7 | 2 |
| Sep 16, 2026 14:23 | Enshunada Sea | M3.3 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2026 06:09 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M4.0 | 4 |
| Sep 16, 2026 03:54 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.6 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2026 03:17 | Adjacent Sea of Niijima Island, Kozushima Island | M2.7 | 1 |
| Sep 15, 2026 18:01 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.3 | 1 |
| Sep 15, 2026 17:54 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 2 |
| Sep 15, 2026 08:59 | Satsuma Region, Kagoshima Prefecture | M2.3 | 1 |
| Sep 15, 2026 07:14 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.0 | 1 |
| Sep 14, 2026 20:00 | Off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture | M4.3 | 2 |
| Sep 14, 2026 19:55 | Off the Coast of Miyagi Prefecture | M4.1 | 2 |
| Sep 14, 2026 19:36 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M4.0 | 3 |
| Sep 14, 2026 16:54 | Hyuganada Sea | M3.8 | 1 |
| Sep 14, 2026 16:33 | Off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture | M4.4 | 1 |
| Sep 14, 2026 07:17 | Northern Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M2.9 | 1 |
| Sep 13, 2026 20:19 | Off the Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M3.7 | 2 |
| Sep 13, 2026 19:17 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.3 | 1 |
| Sep 13, 2026 17:31 | Tsugaru Strait | M4.5 | 3 |
| Sep 13, 2026 13:53 | Off the Coast of Miyagi Prefecture | M3.4 | 1 |
| Sep 13, 2026 12:50 | Adjacent Sea of Chichijima Island | M4.6 | 1 |
| Sep 13, 2026 05:33 | Off the northeast Coast of Amami-Oshima Island | M5.1 | 2 |
| Sep 13, 2026 04:18 | Adjacent Sea of Miyakejima Island | M4.3 | 2 |
| Sep 13, 2026 01:03 | Eastern Toyama Prefecture | M2.9 | 1 |
| Sep 12, 2026 16:49 | Southern Chiba Prefecture | M3.2 | 1 |
| Sep 12, 2026 15:56 | Southern Chiba Prefecture | M3.3 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 2026 20:39 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.6 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 2026 17:55 | Satsuma Region, Kagoshima Prefecture | M2.2 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 2026 10:07 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.8 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 2026 02:09 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 2026 00:52 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.3 | 2 |
| Sep 11, 2026 00:21 | Northern Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M3.7 | 2 |
| Sep 10, 2026 18:55 | Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture | M3.2 | 3 |
| Sep 10, 2026 17:15 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.1 | 2 |
| Sep 10, 2026 11:49 | Central and western Mino, Gifu Prefecture | M3.8 | 2 |
| Sep 10, 2026 10:20 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 10, 2026 08:15 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.9 | 1 |
| Sep 10, 2026 02:11 | Adjacent Sea of Miyakojima Island | M3.4 | 1 |
| Sep 9, 2026 17:38 | Northern Inland of Akita Prefecture | M2.7 | 1 |
| Sep 9, 2026 14:58 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.0 | 1 |
| Sep 9, 2026 14:27 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.9 | 1 |
| Sep 9, 2026 10:55 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.0 | 1 |
| Sep 9, 2026 07:15 | Off the Coast of Kushiro | M3.8 | 2 |
| Sep 9, 2026 05:19 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.8 | 1 |
| Sep 8, 2026 23:40 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.6 | 1 |
| Sep 8, 2026 22:23 | Off the southeast Coast of the Nemuro Peninsula | M3.7 | 1 |
| Sep 8, 2026 21:02 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.3 | 2 |
| Sep 8, 2026 16:19 | Off the Coast of Miyagi Prefecture | M3.6 | 1 |
| Sep 8, 2026 13:54 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.5 | 2 |
| Sep 8, 2026 09:32 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.3 | 1 |
| Sep 8, 2026 08:54 | Satsuma Region, Kagoshima Prefecture | M2.1 | 1 |
| Sep 7, 2026 23:21 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.8 | 3 |
| Sep 7, 2026 17:47 | Off the Coast of Iwate Prefecture | M3.3 | 1 |
| Sep 7, 2026 15:33 | Southern Osaka Prefecture | M2.8 | 1 |
| Sep 7, 2026 02:04 | Northern Ibaraki Prefecture | M2.4 | 1 |
| Sep 6, 2026 19:28 | Northeastern Chiba Prefecture | M3.2 | 1 |
| Sep 6, 2026 16:48 | Amakusa and Ashikita Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M1.7 | 1 |
| Sep 6, 2026 16:19 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.5 | 1 |
| Sep 6, 2026 14:15 | Off the east Coast of Aomori Prefecture | M4.7 | 2 |
| Sep 6, 2026 03:00 | Off the Coast of Ibaraki Prefecture | M3.7 | 1 |
| Sep 5, 2026 21:45 | Southern Wakayama Prefecture | M3.6 | 1 |
| Sep 5, 2026 17:26 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M2.4 | 1 |
| Sep 5, 2026 15:29 | Kumamoto Region, Kumamoto Prefecture | M3.1 | 1 |