Recent earthquakes and their magnitudes in Japan

Severe earthquake on August 8th
On the afternoon of August 8th, 2024, a devastating earthquake occurred 23 km southwest of Miyazaki at 16:42 local time. The quake had a magnitude of 7.1 points on the Richter scale and occurred at a depth of about 25 kilometers. In the course of the following days there were several aftershocks. Six of them with a magnitude of over 2.5. The most severe aftershock had a magnitude of 5.4. Such violent earthquakes occur only rarely. It is the strongest earthquake in Japan in over 5 months.

Most recent events
This list includes the strongest earthquakes recorded in or around Japan by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the past 14 days. Whether an event is listed here depends largely on its magnitude, but also on its distance from inhabited areas. All data refer to the local time. Due to the current situation, we update this page several times a day. The next update is expected around 19:00 UTC.


Magnitude 4.5: 38 km east of Yokohama (Kanagawa) at a depth of 21.37 km.
Aug. 15, 1:50 pm
Magnitude 4.5: 93 km southwest of Miyakonojo (Miyazaki) at a depth of 39.21 km.
Aug. 14, 2:37 am
Magnitude 4.7: Izu Islands at a depth of ten km.
Aug. 13, 10:16 am
Magnitude 4.5: 89 km north of Naha (Okinawa) at a depth of 88.60 km.
Aug. 13, 3:47 am
Magnitude 4.5: 73 km south of Shikotan, Russia at a depth of 68.07 km.
Aug. 11, 7:42 am
Magnitude 4.8: 17 km southwest of Miyazaki at a depth of 46.19 km.
Aug. 9, 7:57 pm
Magnitude 5.0: 46 km southeast of Tokio (Tokyo) at a depth of 24.88 km.
Aug. 9, 4:23 am
Magnitude 5.4: 8 km east of Miyazaki at a depth of 19.50 km.
Aug. 8, 9:49 pm
Magnitude 5.2: 99 km east of Hakodate (Hokkaido) at a depth of 186.39 km.
Aug. 8, 4:42 pm
Magnitude 7.1: 23 km southwest of Miyazaki at a depth of 25 km.