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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Southern Coast of Iwate Prefecture

岩手県沿岸南部

earthquakes32
Maximum M4.8
Maximum Shindo3
FirstAug 8, 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 Aug 8, 2015 to Jun 28, 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 4 in 2025. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 20262
  2. 20254
  3. 20243
  4. 20232
  5. 20212
  6. 20201
  7. 20194
  8. 20182
  9. 20174
  10. 20164
  11. 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.

IwateEarthquakes observed: 31 · Highest local Shindo: 3MiyagiEarthquakes observed: 15 · Highest local Shindo: 3AomoriEarthquakes observed: 9 · Highest local Shindo: 2AkitaEarthquakes observed: 6 · Highest local Shindo: 2YamagataEarthquakes observed: 5 · Highest local Shindo: 1FukushimaEarthquakes observed: 3 · Highest local Shindo: 2IbarakiEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1

Recent earthquakes

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

1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJun 28, 2026, 02:43 JST · M3.4View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureMar 1, 2026, 21:33 JST · M3.6View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 5, 2025, 13:01 JST · M3.2View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 27, 2025, 10:43 JST · M3.3View report →3Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureApr 10, 2025, 08:33 JST · M4.3View report →3Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureFeb 12, 2025, 23:37 JST · M4.8View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 22, 2024, 08:48 JST · M2.8View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureApr 8, 2024, 10:36 JST · M3.2View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureApr 4, 2024, 14:13 JST · M3.8View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 22, 2023, 12:05 JST · M3.2View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 29, 2023, 14:31 JST · M3.5View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureNov 2, 2021, 02:25 JST · M3.1View report →2Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 8, 2021, 03:41 JST · M3.8View report →2Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 30, 2020, 07:48 JST · M3.1View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureDec 22, 2019, 13:41 JST · M3.4View report →3Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 17, 2019, 18:00 JST · M4.7View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureApr 5, 2019, 13:07 JST · M3.4View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJan 24, 2019, 06:35 JST · M4.1View report →3Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureDec 16, 2018, 01:28 JST · M4.7View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJan 10, 2018, 11:09 JST · M3.3View report →2Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureNov 5, 2017, 16:40 JST · M3.4View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureOct 28, 2017, 20:19 JST · M3.2View report →3Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJul 27, 2017, 17:45 JST · M4.3View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureMar 17, 2017, 16:33 JST · M3.3View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureApr 25, 2016, 16:51 JST · M3.1View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureMar 20, 2016, 11:52 JST · M3.5View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureFeb 17, 2016, 10:48 JST · M3.3View report →2Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureJan 16, 2016, 09:25 JST · M3.7View report →2Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureNov 13, 2015, 14:12 JST · M4.3View report →1Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureNov 12, 2015, 08:51 JST · M3.5View report →2Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureSep 12, 2015, 08:38 JST · M3.7View report →2Southern Coast of Iwate PrefectureAug 8, 2015, 06:43 JST · M4View report →