Confirmed
August 21, 2015 at 16:54:00 JST
Bungosuido Strait · M4.4 · Shindo 3
豊後水道
Maximum Shindo3JMA
MagnitudeM4.4JMA magnitude (Mj)
Depth40 km
Stations210JMA
TsunamiNo tsunami concernCheck JMA source ↗
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Prefectures that observed this earthquake
Shindo3
Ikata Town伊方町
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Seiyo City西予市
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Yawatahama City八幡浜市
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Ainan Town愛南町
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Uwajima City宇和島市
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Usuki City臼杵市
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Kunisaki City国東市
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Yamaguchi City山口市
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Each numbered marker is an actual station reading. The orange M marker shows the epicentre.
OBSERVATIONS
210Observed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Seiyo City西予市明浜町 | Ehime | 21.5 km |
| 3 | Seiyo City西予市三瓶町 | Ehime | 22.3 km |
| 3 | Ikata Town伊方町湊浦 | Ehime | 25.3 km |
| 3 | Yawatahama City八幡浜市保内町 | Ehime | 27.3 km |
| 2 | Ikata Town伊方町三崎 | Ehime | 13.0 km |
| 2 | Yawatahama City八幡浜市広瀬 | Ehime | 27.2 km |
| 2 | Yawatahama City八幡浜市五反田 | Ehime | 27.5 km |
| 2 | Seiyo City西予市宇和町 | Ehime | 29.6 km |
| 2 | Oita City大分市佐賀関 | Oita | 31.2 km |
| 2 | Uwajima City宇和島市吉田町 | Ehime | 31.7 km |
| 2 | Uwajima City宇和島市津島町 | Ehime | 35.3 km |
| 2 | Uwajima City宇和島市丸穂 | Ehime | 35.6 km |
| 2 | Uwajima City宇和島市三間町 | Ehime | 38.2 km |
| 2 | Ozu City大洲市大洲 | Ehime | 39.3 km |
| 2 | Usuki City臼杵市臼杵 | Oita | 41.8 km |
| 2 | Ainan Town愛南町柏 | Ehime | 41.8 km |
| 2 | Seiyo City西予市野村町 | Ehime | 43.0 km |
| 2 | Ozu City大洲市長浜 | Ehime | 43.1 km |
| 2 | Ainan Town愛南町船越 | Ehime | 47.9 km |
| 2 | Ozu City大洲市肱川町 | Ehime | 48.5 km |
| 2 | Uchiko Town内子町内子 | Ehime | 50.2 km |
| 2 | Kunisaki City国東市鶴川 | Oita | 52.4 km |
| 2 | Kunisaki City国東市田深 | Oita | 53.0 km |
| 2 | Oita City大分市舞鶴町 | Oita | 54.4 km |
| 2 | Oita City大分市長浜 | Oita | 54.5 km |
| 2 | Oita City大分市新春日町 | Oita | 57.4 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市犬飼町犬飼 | Oita | 58.1 km |
| 2 | Hiji Town日出町役場 | Oita | 62.9 km |
| 2 | Sukumo City宿毛市桜町 | Kochi | 63.6 km |
| 2 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町西安下庄 | Yamaguchi | 67.0 km |
| 2 | Himeshima Village姫島村役場 | Oita | 69.1 km |
| 2 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町平野 | Yamaguchi | 69.3 km |
| 2 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町東和総合支所 | Yamaguchi | 69.4 km |
| 2 | Kunisaki City国東市国見町伊美 | Oita | 70.6 km |
| 2 | Hirao Town平生町平生 | Yamaguchi | 72.0 km |
| 2 | 豊後大野市清川町 | Oita | 73.2 km |
| 2 | Yanai City柳井市大畠 | Yamaguchi | 73.3 km |
| 2 | Yanai City柳井市南町 | Yamaguchi | 73.8 km |
| 2 | Bungotakada City豊後高田市香々地 | Oita | 74.0 km |
| 2 | Beppu City別府市天間 | Oita | 74.0 km |
| 2 | Shunan City周南市桜馬場通り | Yamaguchi | 90.7 km |
| 2 | Shunan City周南市岐山通り | Yamaguchi | 91.7 km |
| 2 | Shunan City周南市富田 | Yamaguchi | 95.1 km |
| 2 | Ubuyama Village産山村山鹿 | Kumamoto | 97.3 km |
| 2 | Hofu City防府市西浦 | Yamaguchi | 102.1 km |
| 2 | Yamaguchi City山口市秋穂東 | Yamaguchi | 105.7 km |
| 2 | Yamaguchi City山口市阿知須 | Yamaguchi | 110.8 km |
| 2 | Kamijima Town上島町弓削 | Ehime | 141.1 km |
| 1 | Ikata Town伊方町三机 | Ehime | 18.3 km |
| 1 | Uwajima City宇和島市住吉町 | Ehime | 33.9 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市上浦 | Oita | 37.5 km |
| 1 | Ozu City大洲市豊茂 | Ehime | 38.6 km |
| 1 | Tsukumi City津久見市宮本町 | Oita | 40.3 km |
| 1 | 愛媛鬼北町成川 | Ehime | 40.4 km |
| 1 | Tsukumi City津久見市立花町 | Oita | 40.7 km |
| 1 | 愛媛鬼北町近永 | Ehime | 45.1 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市鶴見 | Oita | 45.8 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市春日町 | Oita | 46.1 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市米水津 | Oita | 46.9 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市役所 | Oita | 47.0 km |
| 1 | Matsuno Town松野町松丸 | Ehime | 48.1 km |
| 1 | Usuki City臼杵市乙見 | Oita | 49.3 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市弥生 | Oita | 49.7 km |
| 1 | Uchiko Town内子町平岡 | Ehime | 49.8 km |
| 1 | Kunisaki City国東市武蔵町 | Oita | 49.9 km |
| 1 | Kunisaki City国東市安岐町 | Oita | 51.1 km |
| 1 | Ainan Town愛南町御荘 | Ehime | 51.1 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市堅田 | Oita | 51.5 km |
| 1 | Ainan Town愛南町城辺 | Ehime | 51.8 km |
| 1 | Seiyo City西予市城川町 | Ehime | 52.0 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市本匠 | Oita | 53.9 km |
| 1 | Ozu City大洲市河辺町 | Ehime | 54.5 km |
| 1 | Usuki City臼杵市野津町 | Oita | 55.6 km |
| 1 | 愛媛鬼北町下鍵山 | Ehime | 56.0 km |
| 1 | Ainan Town愛南町一本松 | Ehime | 56.4 km |
| 1 | Kitsuki City杵築市南杵築 | Oita | 56.5 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市直川 | Oita | 59.2 km |
| 1 | Kaminoseki Town上関町長島 | Yamaguchi | 59.4 km |
| 1 | Iyo City伊予市双海町 | Ehime | 59.5 km |
| 1 | Iyo City伊予市中山町 | Ehime | 60.6 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市蒲江蒲江浦 | Oita | 61.1 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市蒲江猪串浦 | Oita | 62.2 km |
| 1 | 豊後大野市犬飼町黒松 | Oita | 62.3 km |
| 1 | 豊後大野市千歳町 | Oita | 63.0 km |
| 1 | Uchiko Town内子町小田 | Ehime | 63.3 km |
| 1 | Oita City大分市野津原 | Oita | 64.4 km |
| 1 | Yufu City由布市挾間町 | Oita | 65.2 km |
| 1 | 梼原町広野 | Kochi | 66.1 km |
| 1 | Beppu City別府市上野口町 | Oita | 66.2 km |
| 1 | Tobe Town砥部町総津 | Ehime | 66.7 km |
| 1 | Kitsuki City杵築市山香町 | Oita | 67.2 km |
| 1 | 豊後大野市三重町 | Oita | 67.6 km |
| 1 | Beppu City別府市鶴見 | Oita | 68.3 km |
| 1 | 梼原町梼原 | Kochi | 68.7 km |
| 1 | Kunisaki City国東市国見町西方寺 | Oita | 69.6 km |
| 1 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町小松 | Yamaguchi | 69.9 km |
| 1 | 佐伯市宇目 | Oita | 70.2 km |
| 1 | Iyo City伊予市下吾川 | Ehime | 70.4 km |
| 1 | 豊後大野市大野町 | Oita | 71.4 km |
| 1 | 愛媛松前町筒井 | Ehime | 72.1 km |
| 1 | Suo Oshima Town周防大島町久賀 | Yamaguchi | 72.3 km |
| 1 | Yufu City由布市庄内町 | Oita | 73.0 km |
| 1 | Shimanto Town四万十町大正 | Kochi | 73.5 km |
| 1 | Tobe Town砥部町宮内 | Ehime | 74.1 km |
| 1 | Nobeoka City延岡市北浦町古江 | Miyazaki | 74.4 km |
| 1 | Bungotakada City豊後高田市御玉 | Oita | 75.5 km |
| 1 | Matsuyama City松山市富久町 | Ehime | 75.8 km |
| 1 | Kumakogen Town久万高原町久万 | Ehime | 76.3 km |
| 1 | Hikari City光市中央 | Yamaguchi | 77.1 km |
| 1 | 豊後大野市緒方町 | Oita | 77.3 km |
| 1 | Hikari City光市岩田 | Yamaguchi | 77.7 km |
| 1 | 豊後大野市朝地町 | Oita | 78.7 km |
| 1 | 竹田市直入町 | Oita | 80.3 km |
| 1 | Usa City宇佐市安心院町 | Oita | 80.6 km |
| 1 | 竹田市直入小学校 | Oita | 81.5 km |
| 1 | Nobeoka City延岡市北川町川内名白石 | Miyazaki | 82.4 km |
| 1 | 竹田市会々 | Oita | 82.7 km |
| 1 | Usa City宇佐市院内町 | Oita | 83.0 km |
| 1 | Usa City宇佐市上田 | Oita | 83.1 km |
| 1 | 竹田市竹田小学校 | Oita | 83.1 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市由宇町 | Yamaguchi | 83.2 km |
| 1 | Matsuyama City松山市中島大浦 | Ehime | 85.3 km |
| 1 | Kudamatsu City下松市大手町 | Yamaguchi | 85.5 km |
| 1 | Shunan City周南市熊毛中央町 | Yamaguchi | 85.9 km |
| 1 | Toon City東温市南方 | Ehime | 86.2 km |
| 1 | Kuroshio Town黒潮町佐賀 | Kochi | 87.4 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市玖珂町阿山 | Yamaguchi | 89.4 km |
| 1 | Matsuyama City松山市北条辻 | Ehime | 90.3 km |
| 1 | 竹田市久住町 | Oita | 90.4 km |
| 1 | Nakatsu City中津市植野 | Oita | 91.5 km |
| 1 | 竹田市荻町 | Oita | 94.0 km |
| 1 | Nakatosa Town中土佐町久礼 | Kochi | 95.0 km |
| 1 | Saijo City西条市丹原町鞍瀬 | Ehime | 95.1 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市今津 | Yamaguchi | 96.1 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市横山 | Yamaguchi | 96.5 km |
| 1 | Nakatsu City中津市三光 | Oita | 97.4 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市倉橋町鳶ヶ巣 | Hiroshima | 98.3 km |
| 1 | Aso City阿蘇市波野 | Kumamoto | 99.4 km |
| 1 | Etajima City江田島市大柿町 | Hiroshima | 99.5 km |
| 1 | Waki Town和木町和木 | Yamaguchi | 99.8 km |
| 1 | Imabari City今治市菊間町 | Ehime | 100.4 km |
| 1 | Hofu City防府市寿 | Yamaguchi | 102.2 km |
| 1 | Nakatsu City中津市耶馬溪町 | Oita | 102.8 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市音戸町 | Hiroshima | 103.6 km |
| 1 | Otake City大竹市小方 | Hiroshima | 104.3 km |
| 1 | Etajima City江田島市能美町 | Hiroshima | 104.4 km |
| 1 | Iwakuni City岩国市美川町高ケ原 | Yamaguchi | 105.1 km |
| 1 | Takachiho Town高千穂町三田井 | Miyazaki | 105.8 km |
| 1 | Takachiho Town高千穂町寺迫 | Miyazaki | 106.5 km |
| 1 | Imabari City今治市大西町 | Ehime | 108.1 km |
| 1 | Etajima City江田島市沖美町 | Hiroshima | 108.2 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市下蒲刈町 | Hiroshima | 108.3 km |
| 1 | Aso City阿蘇市一の宮町 | Kumamoto | 108.8 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市宝町 | Hiroshima | 109.4 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市広 | Hiroshima | 109.9 km |
| 1 | Hatsukaichi City廿日市市大野 | Hiroshima | 110.1 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市二河町 | Hiroshima | 110.5 km |
| 1 | Yamaguchi City山口市徳地堀 | Yamaguchi | 110.7 km |
| 1 | Imabari City今治市南宝来町二丁目 | Ehime | 112.5 km |
| 1 | 熊本高森町高森 | Kumamoto | 113.5 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市川尻町 | Hiroshima | 114.1 km |
| 1 | Minamiaso Village南阿蘇村中松 | Kumamoto | 115.0 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市豊町 | Hiroshima | 115.2 km |
| 1 | Yamaguchi City山口市小郡下郷 | Yamaguchi | 116.2 km |
| 1 | Yamaguchi City山口市前町 | Yamaguchi | 117.7 km |
| 1 | Hatsukaichi City廿日市市津田 | Hiroshima | 118.7 km |
| 1 | Ube City宇部市東須恵 | Yamaguchi | 118.8 km |
| 1 | Kure City呉市安浦町 | Hiroshima | 119.7 km |
| 1 | Yoshika Town吉賀町六日市 | Shimane | 120.0 km |
| 1 | Yukuhashi City行橋市今井 | Fukuoka | 120.8 km |
| 1 | Higashihiroshima City東広島市黒瀬町 | Hiroshima | 122.0 km |
| 1 | Imabari City今治市吉海町 | Ehime | 122.3 km |
| 1 | Osakikamijima Town大崎上島町中野 | Hiroshima | 122.3 km |
| 1 | Sanyo Onoda City山陽小野田市日の出 | Yamaguchi | 122.4 km |
| 1 | Fuchu Town府中町大通り | Hiroshima | 124.0 km |
| 1 | Hiroshima City Naka Ward広島中区上八丁堀 | Hiroshima | 124.4 km |
| 1 | Hiroshima City Nishi Ward広島西区己斐 | Hiroshima | 124.8 km |
| 1 | Imabari City今治市宮窪町 | Ehime | 126.3 km |
| 1 | Osakikamijima Town大崎上島町東野 | Hiroshima | 126.6 km |
| 1 | Hiroshima City Aki Ward広島安芸区中野 | Hiroshima | 127.0 km |
| 1 | Kochi City高知市丸ノ内 | Kochi | 127.5 km |
| 1 | Toho Village東峰村小石原 | Fukuoka | 128.7 km |
| 1 | Hiroshima City Asaminami Ward広島安佐南区祇園 | Hiroshima | 128.7 km |
| 1 | Imabari City今治市大三島町 | Ehime | 128.8 km |
| 1 | Yamaguchi City山口市阿東徳佐 | Yamaguchi | 129.8 km |
| 1 | Takehara City竹原市中央 | Hiroshima | 132.8 km |
| 1 | Hagi City萩市川上 | Yamaguchi | 136.1 km |
| 1 | Hiroshima City Asakita Ward広島安佐北区可部南 | Hiroshima | 136.2 km |
| 1 | Shimonoseki City下関市竹崎 | Yamaguchi | 138.3 km |
| 1 | Onomichi City尾道市瀬戸田町 | Hiroshima | 139.6 km |
| 1 | Mihara City三原市本郷南 | Hiroshima | 143.2 km |
| 1 | Kitakyushu Wakamatsu Ward北九州若松区桜町 | Fukuoka | 145.7 km |
| 1 | Abu Town阿武町奈古 | Yamaguchi | 149.2 km |
| 1 | Akitakata City安芸高田市向原町長田 | Hiroshima | 152.0 km |
| 1 | Akitakata City安芸高田市向原町 | Hiroshima | 153.0 km |
| 1 | Onomichi City尾道市向島町 | Hiroshima | 153.1 km |
| 1 | Masuda City益田市常盤町 | Shimane | 155.6 km |
| 1 | Hagi City萩市須佐 | Yamaguchi | 156.6 km |
| 1 | Onojo City大野城市曙町 | Fukuoka | 162.2 km |
| 1 | Hamada City浜田市三隅町三隅 | Shimane | 165.7 km |
| 1 | 松山市北持田町 | Ehime | — |
| 1 | 宿毛市片島 | Kochi | — |
| 1 | 黒潮町入野 | Kochi | — |
| 1 | 岩国市玖珂総合支所 | Yamaguchi | — |
| 1 | 田布施町下田布施 | Yamaguchi | — |
| 1 | 山口市亀山町 | Yamaguchi | — |
| 1 | 玉野市宇野 | Okayama | — |
| 1 | 海田町上市 | Hiroshima | — |
| 1 | 延岡市北方町卯 | Miyazaki | — |
| 1 | 日之影町岩井川 | Miyazaki | — |
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