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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Off the south Coast of Wakayama Prefecture

和歌山県南方沖

earthquakes25
Maximum M5.1
Maximum Shindo3
FirstFeb 18, 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 25 confirmed or corrected reports from Feb 18, 2015 to Jul 9, 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 2015. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 20262
  2. 20244
  3. 20231
  4. 20223
  5. 20212
  6. 20204
  7. 20192
  8. 20181
  9. 20171
  10. 20155

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.

WakayamaEarthquakes observed: 24 · Highest local Shindo: 3TokushimaEarthquakes observed: 7 · Highest local Shindo: 3KochiEarthquakes observed: 4 · Highest local Shindo: 2MieEarthquakes observed: 3 · Highest local Shindo: 2OkayamaEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 2HyogoEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 2KagawaEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 2HiroshimaEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 1OsakaEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 1NaraEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 1GifuEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 1ShimaneEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 25 of 25 stored reports, not the complete list.

3Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureJul 9, 2026, 21:59 JST · M4.7View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureFeb 9, 2026, 10:13 JST · M2.5View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureDec 15, 2024, 13:46 JST · M3.9View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureNov 2, 2024, 17:15 JST · M3View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureJun 12, 2024, 23:38 JST · M3.2View report →2Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureApr 20, 2024, 02:51 JST · M3.4View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureDec 1, 2023, 14:09 JST · M2.7View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureDec 2, 2022, 11:19 JST · M2.8View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureNov 3, 2022, 21:10 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureJun 28, 2022, 19:16 JST · M3.3View report →2Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureNov 1, 2021, 05:35 JST · M5.1View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureSep 9, 2021, 11:18 JST · M3.1View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureDec 29, 2020, 04:24 JST · M4.4View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureNov 27, 2020, 11:35 JST · M3.4View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureJul 19, 2020, 03:03 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureMay 23, 2020, 10:36 JST · M3.3View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureOct 24, 2019, 03:12 JST · M3.8View report →2Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureSep 5, 2019, 09:57 JST · M4.2View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureNov 6, 2018, 03:39 JST · M3.2View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureOct 5, 2017, 18:09 JST · M3.2View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureOct 22, 2015, 18:12 JST · M3.6View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureOct 2, 2015, 15:11 JST · M2.8View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureAug 26, 2015, 23:56 JST · M2.8View report →2Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureAug 10, 2015, 13:15 JST · M4.2View report →1Off the south Coast of Wakayama PrefectureFeb 18, 2015, 19:20 JST · M3.5View report →