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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata Prefecture

新潟県上中越沖

earthquakes59
Maximum M5.2
Maximum Shindo4
FirstFeb 10, 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 59 confirmed or corrected reports from Feb 10, 2015 to Jun 1, 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 36 in 2024. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 20265
  2. 20251
  3. 202436
  4. 20233
  5. 20225
  6. 20211
  7. 20191
  8. 20181
  9. 20171
  10. 20162
  11. 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.

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 50 of 59 stored reports, not the complete list.

3Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJun 1, 2026, 05:54 JST · M4.6View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureApr 23, 2026, 23:39 JST · M3.5View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureApr 13, 2026, 08:54 JST · M4.4View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureMar 21, 2026, 03:32 JST · M4View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 20, 2026, 04:09 JST · M3.1View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJul 24, 2025, 17:47 JST · M3.7View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureDec 21, 2024, 05:00 JST · M3.2View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureMay 10, 2024, 19:40 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureMar 5, 2024, 13:14 JST · M3.1View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 19, 2024, 18:28 JST · M3.3View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 15, 2024, 20:00 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 15, 2024, 19:27 JST · M3.6View report →3Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 15, 2024, 15:29 JST · M5View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 11, 2024, 00:34 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 1, 2024, 15:45 JST · M2.2View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 1, 2024, 14:08 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 25, 2024, 19:24 JST · M3.5View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 12, 2024, 05:54 JST · M4.2View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 9, 2024, 14:19 JST · M3.7View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 8, 2024, 06:18 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 8, 2024, 03:57 JST · M2.3View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 6, 2024, 23:44 JST · M2.7View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 6, 2024, 23:43 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 6, 2024, 16:43 JST · M3.7View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 5, 2024, 18:23 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 5, 2024, 15:03 JST · M4View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 5, 2024, 09:18 JST · M2.6View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 5, 2024, 08:58 JST · M3View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 3, 2024, 19:49 JST · M4.1View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 3, 2024, 17:02 JST · M2.8View report →4Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 3, 2024, 12:54 JST · M4.9View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 3, 2024, 05:47 JST · M3.5View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 2, 2024, 21:42 JST · M3.2View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 2, 2024, 11:51 JST · M3.9View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 2, 2024, 11:38 JST · M3.2View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 2, 2024, 06:53 JST · M4.2View report →3Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 2, 2024, 02:33 JST · M4.6View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 1, 2024, 22:36 JST · M3.7View report →3Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 1, 2024, 18:06 JST · M4.7View report →3Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 1, 2024, 17:29 JST · M5View report →4Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 1, 2024, 17:20 JST · M4.2View report →4Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 1, 2024, 16:39 JST · M5.2View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureMay 4, 2023, 23:01 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureMar 5, 2023, 17:13 JST · M3.6View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureJan 18, 2023, 13:14 JST · M2.3View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureMay 8, 2022, 21:46 JST · M2.3View report →1Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureApr 20, 2022, 17:03 JST · M2.5View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureMar 24, 2022, 13:41 JST · M3.3View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 11, 2022, 20:44 JST · M3.2View report →2Off the Coast of Joetsu and Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureFeb 11, 2022, 20:40 JST · M3.3View report →