Confirmed
April 16, 2016 at 07:11:00 JST
Central Oita Prefecture · M5.3 · Shindo 5−
大分県中部
Maximum Shindo5−JMA
MagnitudeM5.3JMA magnitude (Mj)
Depth10 km
Stations191JMA
TsunamiNo tsunami concernCheck JMA source ↗
Places with the strongest observed Shindo
These municipalities had the highest station readings in this report. Open a place to compare this earthquake with its local history.
Prefectures that observed this earthquake
Shindo5−
Yufu City由布市
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Beppu City別府市
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Oita City大分市
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Hiji Town日出町
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Aso City阿蘇市
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Usa City宇佐市
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Usuki City臼杵市
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Kitsuki City杵築市
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MAP
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Each numbered marker is an actual station reading. The orange M marker shows the epicentre.
OBSERVATIONS
191Observed Shindo by station
These are actual readings reported at JMA and partner stations, not estimates.
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| Shindo | Station | Prefecture | Distance from epicentre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5− | Yufu City由布市湯布院町川上 | Oita | 5.0 km |
| 4 | Beppu City別府市天間 | Oita | 4.1 km |
| 4 | Beppu City別府市鶴見 | Oita | 6.3 km |
| 4 | Beppu City別府市上野口町 | Oita | 8.7 km |
| 3 | Hiji Town日出町役場 | Oita | 14.4 km |
| 3 | Yufu City由布市挾間町 | Oita | 15.1 km |
| 3 | Oita City大分市新春日町 | Oita | 19.3 km |
| 3 | Oita City大分市舞鶴町 | Oita | 21.6 km |
| 3 | Oita City大分市長浜 | Oita | 21.7 km |
| 3 | 竹田市直入町 | Oita | 24.5 km |
| 2 | Usa City宇佐市院内町 | Oita | 15.3 km |
| 2 | Usa City宇佐市安心院町 | Oita | 16.2 km |
| 2 | Kitsuki City杵築市山香町 | Oita | 19.1 km |
| 2 | Oita City大分市野津原 | Oita | 19.7 km |
| 2 | Kokonoe Town九重町後野上 | Oita | 21.1 km |
| 2 | Kusu Town玖珠町帆足 | Oita | 23.2 km |
| 2 | Kitsuki City杵築市南杵築 | Oita | 23.6 km |
| 2 | Kitsuki City杵築市杵築 | Oita | 24.4 km |
| 2 | 竹田市直入小学校 | Oita | 25.7 km |
| 2 | Usa City宇佐市上田 | Oita | 25.9 km |
| 2 | Bungotakada City豊後高田市御玉 | Oita | 29.2 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市大野町 | Oita | 30.3 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市犬飼町黒松 | Oita | 31.1 km |
| 2 | Nakatsu City中津市耶馬溪町 | Oita | 31.7 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市朝地町 | Oita | 32.3 km |
| 2 | Nakatsu City中津市植野 | Oita | 32.3 km |
| 2 | 竹田市久住町 | Oita | 32.7 km |
| 2 | Kunisaki City国東市安岐町 | Oita | 32.9 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市犬飼町犬飼 | Oita | 33.9 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市千歳町 | Oita | 34.3 km |
| 2 | Bungotakada City豊後高田市真玉 | Oita | 35.2 km |
| 2 | Nakatsu City中津市山国町 | Oita | 35.3 km |
| 2 | 竹田市竹田小学校 | Oita | 36.6 km |
| 2 | 竹田市会々 | Oita | 36.6 km |
| 2 | Kunisaki City国東市武蔵町 | Oita | 37.1 km |
| 2 | Ubuyama Village産山村山鹿 | Kumamoto | 37.3 km |
| 2 | Nakatsu City中津市上宮永 | Oita | 37.6 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市清川町 | Oita | 38.3 km |
| 2 | Nakatsu City中津市豊田町 | Oita | 38.6 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市三重町 | Oita | 39.6 km |
| 2 | Usuki City臼杵市臼杵 | Oita | 41.8 km |
| 2 | 竹田市荻町 | Oita | 43.2 km |
| 2 | Aso City阿蘇市波野 | Kumamoto | 44.0 km |
| 2 | Oita City大分市佐賀関 | Oita | 44.1 km |
| 2 | Aso City阿蘇市内牧 | Kumamoto | 49.7 km |
| 2 | Tsukumi City津久見市宮本町 | Oita | 50.3 km |
| 2 | 佐伯市宇目 | Oita | 54.5 km |
| 2 | 佐伯市弥生 | Oita | 55.0 km |
| 2 | 佐伯市上浦 | Oita | 56.7 km |
| 2 | 佐伯市直川 | Oita | 56.8 km |
| 2 | 熊本高森町高森 | Kumamoto | 58.3 km |
| 2 | 佐伯市春日町 | Oita | 59.3 km |
| 2 | 佐伯市役所 | Oita | 60.0 km |
| 2 | Yukuhashi City行橋市今井 | Fukuoka | 60.8 km |
| 2 | 佐伯市鶴見 | Oita | 65.8 km |
| 2 | Takachiho Town高千穂町三田井 | Miyazaki | 65.8 km |
| 2 | Ozu Town大津町引水 | Kumamoto | 67.3 km |
| 2 | Yamaguchi City山口市阿知須 | Yamaguchi | 78.8 km |
| 2 | Mizumaki Town水巻町頃末 | Fukuoka | 89.8 km |
| 2 | Munakata City宗像市神湊 | Fukuoka | 103.5 km |
| 1 | Kitsuki City杵築市大田 | Oita | 26.7 km |
| 1 | Nakatsu City中津市本耶馬渓町 | Oita | 30.8 km |
| 1 | Nakatsu City中津市三光 | Oita | 34.3 km |
| 1 | Hita City日田市天瀬町 | Oita | 35.8 km |
| 1 | Koge Town上毛町東下 | Fukuoka | 36.2 km |
| 1 | 熊本小国町宮原 | Kumamoto | 36.7 km |
| 1 | 豊後大野市緒方町 | Oita | 37.2 km |
| 1 | Koge Town上毛町垂水 | Fukuoka | 38.2 km |
| 1 | Yoshitomi Town吉富町広津 | Fukuoka | 39.1 km |
| 1 | Usuki City臼杵市野津町 | Oita | 39.5 km |
| 1 | Kunisaki City国東市国見町西方寺 | Oita | 40.3 km |
| 1 | Hita City日田市大山町 | Oita | 41.2 km |
| 1 | Usuki City臼杵市乙見 | Oita | 41.4 km |
| 1 | Bungotakada City豊後高田市香々地 | Oita | 41.7 km |
| 1 | Kunisaki City国東市鶴川 | Oita | 42.5 km |
| 1 | Buzen City豊前市吉木 | Fukuoka | 42.6 km |
| 1 | Kunisaki City国東市田深 | Oita | 42.9 km |
| 1 | Hita City日田市三本松 | Oita | 43.8 km |
| 1 | Kunisaki City国東市国見町伊美 | Oita | 45.7 km |
| 1 | Aso City阿蘇市一の宮町 | Kumamoto | 48.7 km |
| 1 | Tsukumi City津久見市立花町 | Oita | 49.9 km |
| 1 | Toho Village東峰村宝珠山 | Fukuoka | 50.6 km |
| 1 | Chikujo Town築上町椎田 | Fukuoka | 50.9 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市本匠 | Oita | 53.9 km |
| 1 | Asakura City朝倉市杷木池田 | Fukuoka | 55.3 km |
| 1 | Minamiaso Village南阿蘇村中松 | Kumamoto | 55.7 km |
| 1 | Toho Village東峰村小石原 | Fukuoka | 55.9 km |
| 1 | Miyako Townみやこ町豊津 | Fukuoka | 57.3 km |
| 1 | Miyako Townみやこ町犀川本庄 | Fukuoka | 57.8 km |
| 1 | Soeda Town添田町添田 | Fukuoka | 59.3 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市堅田 | Oita | 60.2 km |
| 1 | Aka Village赤村内田 | Fukuoka | 60.7 km |
| 1 | Yukuhashi City行橋市中央 | Fukuoka | 61.6 km |
| 1 | Miyako Townみやこ町勝山上田 | Fukuoka | 62.9 km |
| 1 | Kikuchi City菊池市旭志 | Kumamoto | 63.6 km |
| 1 | 福岡川崎町田原 | Fukuoka | 64.2 km |
| 1 | Kama City嘉麻市上山田 | Fukuoka | 66.1 km |
| 1 | Takachiho Town高千穂町寺迫 | Miyazaki | 67.1 km |
| 1 | Kanda Town苅田町若久 | Fukuoka | 67.8 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市米水津 | Oita | 68.6 km |
| 1 | Kama City嘉麻市上臼井 | Fukuoka | 70.3 km |
| 1 | Gokase Town五ヶ瀬町三ヶ所 | Miyazaki | 71.3 km |
| 1 | Fukuchi Town福智町弁城 | Fukuoka | 71.3 km |
| 1 | Fukuchi Town福智町金田 | Fukuoka | 71.4 km |
| 1 | Kama City嘉麻市岩崎 | Fukuoka | 71.4 km |
| 1 | Nobeoka City延岡市北川町川内名白石 | Miyazaki | 71.5 km |
| 1 | Iizuka City飯塚市綱分 | Fukuoka | 72.8 km |
| 1 | Ube City宇部市常盤町 | Yamaguchi | 73.4 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市蒲江蒲江浦 | Oita | 73.7 km |
| 1 | Keisen Town桂川町土居 | Fukuoka | 73.8 km |
| 1 | Kitakyushu Kokuraminami Ward北九州小倉南区横代東町 | Fukuoka | 74.9 km |
| 1 | Kurume City久留米市北野町 | Fukuoka | 75.6 km |
| 1 | Iizuka City飯塚市立岩 | Fukuoka | 75.8 km |
| 1 | Iizuka City飯塚市長尾 | Fukuoka | 75.9 km |
| 1 | Nobeoka City延岡市北浦町古江 | Miyazaki | 76.3 km |
| 1 | Iizuka City飯塚市川島 | Fukuoka | 76.5 km |
| 1 | Kotake Town小竹町勝野 | Fukuoka | 78.0 km |
| 1 | Ube City宇部市東須恵 | Yamaguchi | 78.3 km |
| 1 | Yamaguchi City山口市秋穂東 | Yamaguchi | 78.8 km |
| 1 | Nogata City直方市新町 | Fukuoka | 79.1 km |
| 1 | Sanyo Onoda City山陽小野田市日の出 | Yamaguchi | 80.3 km |
| 1 | Hofu City防府市西浦 | Yamaguchi | 81.9 km |
| 1 | Miyawaka City宮若市宮田 | Fukuoka | 82.3 km |
| 1 | Kitakyushu Yahatahigashi Ward北九州八幡東区大谷 | Fukuoka | 82.8 km |
| 1 | Nobeoka City延岡市天神小路 | Miyazaki | 83.2 km |
| 1 | Shimonoseki City下関市竹崎 | Yamaguchi | 84.3 km |
| 1 | Kurume City久留米市津福本町 | Fukuoka | 84.4 km |
| 1 | Kitakyushu Yahatanishi Ward北九州八幡西区相生町 | Fukuoka | 85.8 km |
| 1 | Nakama City中間市中間 | Fukuoka | 86.2 km |
| 1 | Kurate Town鞍手町中山 | Fukuoka | 86.9 km |
| 1 | Nakama City中間市長津 | Fukuoka | 87.0 km |
| 1 | Kitakyushu Wakamatsu Ward北九州若松区桜町 | Fukuoka | 87.0 km |
| 1 | Sanyo Onoda City山陽小野田市鴨庄 | Yamaguchi | 87.2 km |
| 1 | Kumamoto Nishi Ward熊本西区春日 | Kumamoto | 87.5 km |
| 1 | Kaminoseki Town上関町長島 | Yamaguchi | 88.3 km |
| 1 | Kasuga City春日市原町 | Fukuoka | 90.2 km |
| 1 | Ikata Town伊方町湊浦 | Ehime | 90.9 km |
| 1 | Onga Town遠賀町今古賀 | Fukuoka | 91.2 km |
| 1 | Miyama Cityみやま市高田町 | Fukuoka | 91.3 km |
| 1 | Shimonoseki City下関市清末陣屋 | Yamaguchi | 91.4 km |
| 1 | Yanagawa City柳川市本町 | Fukuoka | 93.6 km |
| 1 | Hirao Town平生町平生 | Yamaguchi | 94.4 km |
| 1 | Shiiba Village椎葉村下福良 | Miyazaki | 94.7 km |
| 1 | Uki City宇城市豊野町 | Kumamoto | 95.1 km |
| 1 | 宮崎美郷町田代 | Miyazaki | 95.4 km |
| 1 | Seiyo City西予市明浜町 | Ehime | 95.9 km |
| 1 | Kanzaki City神埼市千代田 | Saga | 96.0 km |
| 1 | Shiiba Village椎葉村総合運動公園 | Miyazaki | 96.1 km |
| 1 | Yawatahama City八幡浜市五反田 | Ehime | 97.7 km |
| 1 | Yanai City柳井市南町 | Yamaguchi | 97.9 km |
| 1 | Munakata City宗像市東郷 | Fukuoka | 97.9 km |
| 1 | Uki City宇城市松橋町 | Kumamoto | 98.4 km |
| 1 | Shingu Town新宮町緑ヶ浜 | Fukuoka | 99.8 km |
| 1 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町小松 | Yamaguchi | 102.0 km |
| 1 | Fukutsu City福津市津屋崎 | Fukuoka | 102.0 km |
| 1 | Munakata City宗像市江口神原 | Fukuoka | 102.1 km |
| 1 | Yanai City柳井市大畠 | Yamaguchi | 102.3 km |
| 1 | Shimonoseki City下関市豊浦町浄水場 | Yamaguchi | 103.9 km |
| 1 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町久賀 | Yamaguchi | 107.5 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市玖珂町阿山 | Yamaguchi | 108.8 km |
| 1 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町平野 | Yamaguchi | 111.9 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市由宇町 | Yamaguchi | 112.1 km |
| 1 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町東和総合支所 | Yamaguchi | 112.2 km |
| 1 | 宮崎都農町役場 | Miyazaki | 116.3 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市横山 | Yamaguchi | 120.6 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市今津 | Yamaguchi | 122.5 km |
| 1 | Kawaminami Town川南町川南 | Miyazaki | 123.7 km |
| 1 | Waki Town和木町和木 | Yamaguchi | 125.4 km |
| 1 | Shimonoseki City下関市豊北町角島 | Yamaguchi | 127.4 km |
| 1 | Otake City大竹市小方 | Hiroshima | 129.0 km |
| 1 | Sukumo City宿毛市桜町 | Kochi | 130.4 km |
| 1 | Saito City西都市上の宮 | Miyazaki | 132.0 km |
| 1 | Iyo City伊予市下吾川 | Ehime | 132.4 km |
| 1 | Etajima City江田島市大柿町 | Hiroshima | 137.7 km |
| 1 | Etajima City江田島市能美町 | Hiroshima | 140.3 km |
| 1 | Etajima City江田島市沖美町 | Hiroshima | 141.7 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市音戸町 | Hiroshima | 144.6 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市宝町 | Hiroshima | 149.2 km |
| 1 | Kobayashi City小林市真方 | Miyazaki | 150.0 km |
| 1 | Hiroshima City Minami Ward広島南区宇品海岸 | Hiroshima | 152.3 km |
| 1 | Masuda City益田市常盤町 | Shimane | 157.3 km |
| 1 | Fuchu Town府中町大通り | Hiroshima | 158.1 km |
| 1 | Higashihiroshima City東広島市黒瀬町 | Hiroshima | 164.0 km |
| 1 | 岩国市玖珂総合支所 | Yamaguchi | — |
| 1 | 福岡空港 | Fukuoka | — |
| 1 | 北九州門司区大里 | Fukuoka | — |
| 1 | 築上町築城 | Fukuoka | — |
| 1 | 飯塚市勢田 | Fukuoka | — |
| 1 | 山都町下馬尾 | Kumamoto | — |
| 1 | 延岡市北方町卯 | Miyazaki | — |
| 1 | 門川町本町 | Miyazaki | — |
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