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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima Island

種子島南東沖

earthquakes32
Maximum M5.8
Maximum Shindo3
FirstFeb 15, 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 32 confirmed or corrected reports from Feb 15, 2015 to Aug 5, 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. 20262
  2. 20252
  3. 20244
  4. 20232
  5. 20221
  6. 20215
  7. 20202
  8. 20194
  9. 20181
  10. 20172
  11. 20163
  12. 20154

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.

KagoshimaEarthquakes observed: 32 · Highest local Shindo: 3MiyazakiEarthquakes observed: 5 · Highest local Shindo: 2KumamotoEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 2SagaEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1KochiEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1OkinawaEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1OitaEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1HiroshimaEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 32 of 32 stored reports, not the complete list.

2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandAug 5, 2026, 04:56 JST · M4.8View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandApr 5, 2026, 01:14 JST · M4.6View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandMay 7, 2025, 11:15 JST · M4.4View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandJan 8, 2025, 23:40 JST · M4.4View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandOct 14, 2024, 20:53 JST · M4.6View report →3Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandSep 14, 2024, 08:03 JST · M5.8View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandMay 6, 2024, 15:26 JST · M4.7View report →2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandApr 16, 2024, 07:39 JST · M5.6View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandFeb 27, 2023, 11:45 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandJan 17, 2023, 21:59 JST · M4.3View report →2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandOct 26, 2022, 07:49 JST · M4.5View report →2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandApr 23, 2021, 16:26 JST · M4.5View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandMar 1, 2021, 01:12 JST · M4.4View report →2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandFeb 28, 2021, 23:30 JST · M4.8View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandFeb 12, 2021, 13:52 JST · M4.6View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandFeb 9, 2021, 12:39 JST · M4.7View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandJul 21, 2020, 17:54 JST · M4.6View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandFeb 18, 2020, 12:45 JST · M4.2View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandOct 8, 2019, 08:12 JST · M3.1View report →2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandJan 26, 2019, 06:22 JST · M4.6View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandJan 25, 2019, 13:53 JST · M3.9View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandJan 25, 2019, 13:48 JST · M4.9View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandApr 3, 2018, 04:10 JST · M4.7View report →2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandAug 13, 2017, 03:23 JST · M5.1View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandAug 1, 2017, 07:36 JST · M4.4View report →2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandJun 8, 2016, 09:56 JST · M4.7View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandApr 27, 2016, 01:59 JST · M3.8View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandFeb 21, 2016, 04:14 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandNov 28, 2015, 21:13 JST · M4.3View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandSep 29, 2015, 13:24 JST · M4.3View report →2Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandJun 11, 2015, 18:19 JST · M4.7View report →1Off the southeast Coast of Tanegashima IslandFeb 15, 2015, 23:34 JST · M4.1View report →