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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Off the Coast of Iwate Prefecture

岩手県沖

earthquakes654
Maximum M6.9
Maximum Shindo6+
FirstJan 14, 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 654 confirmed or corrected reports from Jan 14, 2015 to Oct 13, 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 112 in 2026. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 2026112
  2. 202550
  3. 202445
  4. 202339
  5. 202234
  6. 202152
  7. 202051
  8. 201940
  9. 201855
  10. 201745
  11. 201655
  12. 201576

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.

IwateEarthquakes observed: 598 · Highest local Shindo: 5+AomoriEarthquakes observed: 367 · Highest local Shindo: 6+MiyagiEarthquakes observed: 195 · Highest local Shindo: 5−AkitaEarthquakes observed: 73 · Highest local Shindo: 4HokkaidoEarthquakes observed: 61 · Highest local Shindo: 4YamagataEarthquakes observed: 23 · Highest local Shindo: 4FukushimaEarthquakes observed: 15 · Highest local Shindo: 3IbarakiEarthquakes observed: 9 · Highest local Shindo: 3NiigataEarthquakes observed: 8 · Highest local Shindo: 3SaitamaEarthquakes observed: 8 · Highest local Shindo: 3GunmaEarthquakes observed: 7 · Highest local Shindo: 3TochigiEarthquakes observed: 5 · Highest local Shindo: 3

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 50 of 654 stored reports, not the complete list.

1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureOct 13, 2026, 02:25 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureOct 8, 2026, 18:14 JST · M3.6View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureOct 4, 2026, 20:56 JST · M3.4View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 28, 2026, 11:05 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 28, 2026, 10:49 JST · M3.4View report →2Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 24, 2026, 06:35 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 19, 2026, 14:00 JST · M3.9View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 17, 2026, 01:45 JST · M3.8View report →2Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 13, 2026, 20:19 JST · M3.7View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 7, 2026, 17:47 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 4, 2026, 12:51 JST · M3.9View report →2Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 28, 2026, 23:31 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 25, 2026, 03:07 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 24, 2026, 23:47 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 16, 2026, 06:18 JST · M3.7View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 14, 2026, 22:42 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 14, 2026, 03:00 JST · M2.8View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 13, 2026, 11:29 JST · M3.5View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 9, 2026, 03:56 JST · M3.9View report →4Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 9, 2026, 02:57 JST · M5.6View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 8, 2026, 06:29 JST · M3.7View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 7, 2026, 14:05 JST · M3.9View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 4, 2026, 17:06 JST · M3.8View report →2Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 2, 2026, 09:45 JST · M4.6View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 2, 2026, 08:17 JST · M3.1View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 31, 2026, 01:20 JST · M4View report →2Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 30, 2026, 13:50 JST · M3.6View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 18, 2026, 06:31 JST · M3.4View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 15, 2026, 21:29 JST · M4.4View report →3Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 14, 2026, 17:07 JST · M4.8View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 11, 2026, 05:40 JST · M3.5View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 8, 2026, 23:33 JST · M3.5View report →3Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 8, 2026, 16:35 JST · M4.4View report →2Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 7, 2026, 02:09 JST · M4.6View report →3Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 6, 2026, 20:29 JST · M4.5View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 4, 2026, 10:17 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 3, 2026, 23:37 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 3, 2026, 07:05 JST · M3.9View report →2Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 2, 2026, 01:15 JST · M4.7View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 1, 2026, 23:52 JST · M4.2View report →4Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 1, 2026, 21:08 JST · M6View report →3Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 30, 2026, 23:02 JST · M4.9View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 30, 2026, 12:24 JST · M3.6View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 30, 2026, 09:38 JST · M3.4View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 29, 2026, 08:11 JST · M3.9View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 28, 2026, 23:49 JST · M4.1View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 28, 2026, 14:39 JST · M4.1View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 28, 2026, 09:12 JST · M3.5View report →5−Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 28, 2026, 05:21 JST · M6.1View report →1Off the Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 26, 2026, 05:02 JST · M3.7View report →