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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka Prefecture

福岡県北西沖

earthquakes30
Maximum M4.3
Maximum Shindo3
FirstMar 24, 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 30 confirmed or corrected reports from Mar 24, 2015 to Jan 22, 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 6 in 2017. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 20261
  2. 20241
  3. 20232
  4. 20225
  5. 20203
  6. 20192
  7. 20181
  8. 20176
  9. 20166
  10. 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.

FukuokaEarthquakes observed: 28 · Highest local Shindo: 3SagaEarthquakes observed: 14 · Highest local Shindo: 2NagasakiEarthquakes observed: 7 · Highest local Shindo: 2OitaEarthquakes observed: 5 · Highest local Shindo: 1YamaguchiEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 2ShimaneEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 1KumamotoEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 30 of 30 stored reports, not the complete list.

1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureJan 22, 2026, 00:08 JST · M3.3View report →2Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureApr 19, 2024, 23:28 JST · M4.1View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureDec 2, 2023, 04:06 JST · M3.2View report →3Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureFeb 17, 2023, 19:38 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureSep 5, 2022, 02:20 JST · M3View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureAug 10, 2022, 03:10 JST · M2.8View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureJun 9, 2022, 18:27 JST · M2.7View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 3, 2022, 22:28 JST · M2.9View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureJan 9, 2022, 05:11 JST · M2.9View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureApr 29, 2020, 13:44 JST · M3.9View report →3Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 16, 2020, 20:42 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureJan 8, 2020, 22:34 JST · M2.8View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureJul 8, 2019, 23:01 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureJul 7, 2019, 05:34 JST · M3View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureDec 9, 2018, 18:23 JST · M3.1View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureJun 27, 2017, 19:42 JST · M3.5View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureApr 7, 2017, 02:31 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 21, 2017, 03:35 JST · M3View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 14, 2017, 08:03 JST · M2.5View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 14, 2017, 07:49 JST · M2.6View report →2Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 13, 2017, 14:33 JST · M3.3View report →3Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureNov 18, 2016, 10:19 JST · M4.2View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureApr 13, 2016, 18:53 JST · M2.6View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 9, 2016, 00:33 JST · M2.7View report →3Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 5, 2016, 20:02 JST · M3.5View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureFeb 24, 2016, 03:31 JST · M2.6View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureJan 17, 2016, 22:27 JST · M2.8View report →3Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureDec 28, 2015, 20:07 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 30, 2015, 20:07 JST · M3.1View report →1Off the northwest Coast of Fukuoka PrefectureMar 24, 2015, 01:10 JST · M2.8View report →