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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Southwestern Hyogo Prefecture

兵庫県南西部

earthquakes27
Maximum M3.7
Maximum Shindo2
FirstJan 13, 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 27 confirmed or corrected reports from Jan 13, 2015 to Jun 27, 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 9 in 2015. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 20261
  2. 20252
  3. 20231
  4. 20222
  5. 20211
  6. 20184
  7. 20172
  8. 20165
  9. 20159

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.

HyogoEarthquakes observed: 27 · Highest local Shindo: 2OkayamaEarthquakes observed: 3 · Highest local Shindo: 2KagawaEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 1KyotoEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1HiroshimaEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1TottoriEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 1

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 27 of 27 stored reports, not the complete list.

1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJun 27, 2026, 07:00 JST · M3View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureOct 30, 2025, 14:09 JST · M2.3View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureFeb 13, 2025, 18:05 JST · M2.8View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureFeb 22, 2023, 15:35 JST · M2.7View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureAug 21, 2022, 07:58 JST · M2.8View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJul 13, 2022, 16:12 JST · M2.9View report →2Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJul 12, 2021, 05:31 JST · M3View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureNov 9, 2018, 10:40 JST · M2.4View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureNov 8, 2018, 15:42 JST · M2.7View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureOct 18, 2018, 07:22 JST · M2.4View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureFeb 18, 2018, 05:00 JST · M2.6View report →2Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureOct 13, 2017, 14:45 JST · M3.1View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureApr 29, 2017, 23:27 JST · M2.5View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJan 13, 2016, 23:09 JST · M2.7View report →2Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJan 11, 2016, 12:09 JST · M3.4View report →2Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJan 9, 2016, 02:55 JST · M2.9View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJan 7, 2016, 20:23 JST · M2.3View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJan 7, 2016, 00:02 JST · M2.4View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureNov 21, 2015, 04:54 JST · M2.3View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureNov 13, 2015, 16:31 JST · M2.4View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureNov 7, 2015, 03:19 JST · M2.9View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureNov 7, 2015, 01:55 JST · M2.7View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureOct 25, 2015, 01:55 JST · M2.8View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureApr 25, 2015, 12:11 JST · M2.9View report →2Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureFeb 14, 2015, 16:18 JST · M3.7View report →1Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJan 30, 2015, 04:57 JST · M2.5View report →2Southwestern Hyogo PrefectureJan 13, 2015, 11:27 JST · M3.2View report →