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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Off the Coast of Akita Prefecture

秋田県沖

earthquakes28
Maximum M5
Maximum Shindo2
FirstJul 27, 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 28 confirmed or corrected reports from Jul 27, 2015 to Sep 23, 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.

Stored reports by year

The largest number of stored reports is 5 in 2021. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 20261
  2. 20253
  3. 20242
  4. 20221
  5. 20215
  6. 20205
  7. 20193
  8. 20182
  9. 20173
  10. 20161
  11. 20152

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.

AkitaEarthquakes observed: 23 · Highest local Shindo: 2AomoriEarthquakes observed: 11 · Highest local Shindo: 2YamagataEarthquakes observed: 6 · Highest local Shindo: 2IwateEarthquakes observed: 4 · Highest local Shindo: 1NiigataEarthquakes observed: 3 · Highest local Shindo: 2HokkaidoEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 1IbarakiEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1MiyagiEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 28 of 28 stored reports, not the complete list.

1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureSep 23, 2026, 02:33 JST · M2.6View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureOct 14, 2025, 12:34 JST · M4.6View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureAug 5, 2025, 01:42 JST · M3.8View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureJan 7, 2025, 06:07 JST · M3.6View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureJun 11, 2024, 19:33 JST · M4.8View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureApr 28, 2024, 09:26 JST · M4.6View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureOct 3, 2022, 12:07 JST · M4.4View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureSep 24, 2021, 05:14 JST · M3.1View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureJul 3, 2021, 20:55 JST · M3.5View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureApr 16, 2021, 19:30 JST · M2.5View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureApr 9, 2021, 04:54 JST · M3.1View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureFeb 26, 2021, 04:45 JST · M3.4View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureNov 28, 2020, 07:33 JST · M2.9View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureSep 6, 2020, 00:13 JST · M3.4View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureSep 5, 2020, 18:40 JST · M3.5View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureJul 30, 2020, 02:35 JST · M4View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureJan 3, 2020, 10:19 JST · M4.6View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureDec 22, 2019, 07:54 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureDec 2, 2019, 14:26 JST · M3.5View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureNov 12, 2019, 15:36 JST · M3.7View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureOct 29, 2018, 23:29 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureJun 25, 2018, 22:20 JST · M4.2View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureDec 19, 2017, 19:12 JST · M4.1View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureDec 12, 2017, 02:33 JST · M3.7View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureJul 24, 2017, 11:15 JST · M4.4View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureNov 5, 2016, 13:35 JST · M3.2View report →2Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureOct 31, 2015, 16:56 JST · M5View report →1Off the Coast of Akita PrefectureJul 27, 2015, 13:34 JST · M3.6View report →