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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Ariake Sea

有明海

earthquakes118
Maximum M4.7
Maximum Shindo4
FirstSep 7, 2015

What this epicentre-region name means

This page groups earthquakes whose JMA report uses this epicentre-region name. It identifies the reported epicentre region, not the area where shaking was felt or an administrative boundary.

JISHINDESU stores 118 confirmed or corrected reports from Sep 7, 2015 to Jul 29, 2026. This is not JMA’s complete historical earthquake catalogue. Dates and times use Japan Standard Time (JST).

Earthquakes in the stored history

The largest magnitude and highest Shindo may belong to different earthquakes. Open each report for its details.

Earthquake with the highest reported Shindo

4Ariake SeaJul 29, 2026, 20:47 JST · M4.2View report →

Stored reports by year

The largest number of stored reports is 51 in 2016. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 20264
  2. 202510
  3. 20241
  4. 20234
  5. 20224
  6. 20215
  7. 20203
  8. 20196
  9. 20186
  10. 201721
  11. 201651
  12. 20153

Prefectures with observations

Each count is the number of earthquakes with a Shindo reading at a station in that prefecture. It does not locate the epicentre or imply shaking throughout the prefecture. One earthquake may appear in several prefectures.

KumamotoEarthquakes observed: 112 · Highest local Shindo: 4NagasakiEarthquakes observed: 31 · Highest local Shindo: 3FukuokaEarthquakes observed: 25 · Highest local Shindo: 2SagaEarthquakes observed: 11 · Highest local Shindo: 2MiyazakiEarthquakes observed: 7 · Highest local Shindo: 2OitaEarthquakes observed: 5 · Highest local Shindo: 2KagoshimaEarthquakes observed: 4 · Highest local Shindo: 2YamaguchiEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 1

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 50 of 118 stored reports, not the complete list.

4Ariake SeaJul 29, 2026, 20:47 JST · M4.2View report →1Ariake SeaMar 19, 2026, 21:59 JST · M3View report →2Ariake SeaMar 8, 2026, 15:06 JST · M3.4View report →2Ariake SeaFeb 6, 2026, 16:45 JST · M2.5View report →1Ariake SeaOct 26, 2025, 00:34 JST · M2.8View report →1Ariake SeaOct 24, 2025, 05:07 JST · M2.6View report →1Ariake SeaSep 26, 2025, 15:52 JST · M3View report →1Ariake SeaSep 24, 2025, 07:11 JST · M2.9View report →1Ariake SeaJun 8, 2025, 00:13 JST · M2.5View report →1Ariake SeaJun 6, 2025, 04:19 JST · M2.8View report →1Ariake SeaJun 6, 2025, 04:17 JST · M2.5View report →2Ariake SeaApr 5, 2025, 18:42 JST · M3.4View report →1Ariake SeaApr 1, 2025, 05:07 JST · M3View report →2Ariake SeaMar 30, 2025, 10:46 JST · M3.3View report →1Ariake SeaJan 14, 2024, 01:19 JST · M2.3View report →1Ariake SeaJul 25, 2023, 18:01 JST · M3.2View report →1Ariake SeaJul 9, 2023, 04:22 JST · M2.8View report →1Ariake SeaApr 24, 2023, 17:36 JST · M2.7View report →1Ariake SeaJan 25, 2023, 22:26 JST · M2.9View report →1Ariake SeaJul 24, 2022, 01:21 JST · M2.8View report →1Ariake SeaJul 11, 2022, 16:53 JST · M3.2View report →3Ariake SeaJun 29, 2022, 09:20 JST · M3.7View report →2Ariake SeaJan 19, 2022, 16:34 JST · M3.1View report →1Ariake SeaNov 20, 2021, 22:06 JST · M3.3View report →3Ariake SeaSep 13, 2021, 00:16 JST · M3.6View report →1Ariake SeaAug 16, 2021, 04:23 JST · M2.5View report →1Ariake SeaJun 25, 2021, 09:28 JST · M2.7View report →2Ariake SeaJan 22, 2021, 14:46 JST · M3.8View report →1Ariake SeaMar 13, 2020, 07:56 JST · M2.7View report →3Ariake SeaMar 13, 2020, 07:15 JST · M3.7View report →1Ariake SeaMar 13, 2020, 00:23 JST · M3.1View report →1Ariake SeaDec 17, 2019, 04:54 JST · M2.6View report →1Ariake SeaNov 8, 2019, 22:26 JST · M2.5View report →1Ariake SeaSep 17, 2019, 01:28 JST · M2.4View report →1Ariake SeaJul 31, 2019, 01:43 JST · M2.2View report →1Ariake SeaJul 24, 2019, 00:08 JST · M2.8View report →1Ariake SeaJan 18, 2019, 09:56 JST · M2.7View report →1Ariake SeaNov 10, 2018, 16:50 JST · M2.8View report →1Ariake SeaAug 9, 2018, 01:18 JST · M2.8View report →1Ariake SeaAug 9, 2018, 01:07 JST · M2.9View report →1Ariake SeaMay 17, 2018, 14:50 JST · M2.4View report →1Ariake SeaMay 17, 2018, 07:27 JST · M2View report →1Ariake SeaMar 16, 2018, 13:27 JST · M2.7View report →1Ariake SeaDec 10, 2017, 19:42 JST · M2.2View report →1Ariake SeaDec 4, 2017, 21:24 JST · M2.2View report →3Ariake SeaNov 18, 2017, 03:56 JST · M3.2View report →2Ariake SeaOct 30, 2017, 11:30 JST · M2.8View report →3Ariake SeaOct 29, 2017, 03:26 JST · M3.3View report →1Ariake SeaOct 21, 2017, 13:10 JST · M2.8View report →1Ariake SeaOct 19, 2017, 13:08 JST · M2.3View report →