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JMA EPICENTRE REGION

Western Shimane Prefecture

島根県西部

earthquakes75
Maximum M5.8
Maximum Shindo5+
FirstJan 31, 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 75 confirmed or corrected reports from Jan 31, 2015 to Jul 7, 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 44 in 2018. Yearly counts describe the stored reports, not future activity or relative hazard.

  1. 20262
  2. 20253
  3. 20242
  4. 20231
  5. 20224
  6. 20211
  7. 20205
  8. 20196
  9. 201844
  10. 20172
  11. 20162
  12. 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.

ShimaneEarthquakes observed: 75 · Highest local Shindo: 5+HiroshimaEarthquakes observed: 27 · Highest local Shindo: 4TottoriEarthquakes observed: 12 · Highest local Shindo: 4OkayamaEarthquakes observed: 12 · Highest local Shindo: 4YamaguchiEarthquakes observed: 11 · Highest local Shindo: 3EhimeEarthquakes observed: 10 · Highest local Shindo: 4KagawaEarthquakes observed: 7 · Highest local Shindo: 3KochiEarthquakes observed: 3 · Highest local Shindo: 3HyogoEarthquakes observed: 3 · Highest local Shindo: 3TokushimaEarthquakes observed: 3 · Highest local Shindo: 2KyotoEarthquakes observed: 2 · Highest local Shindo: 2OsakaEarthquakes observed: 1 · Highest local Shindo: 2

Recent earthquakes

Showing the latest 50 of 75 stored reports, not the complete list.

1Western Shimane PrefectureJul 7, 2026, 06:16 JST · M3.2View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureJun 24, 2026, 08:01 JST · M3.5View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureJul 24, 2025, 20:44 JST · M2.8View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureJul 24, 2025, 10:41 JST · M3.1View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureMay 7, 2025, 22:08 JST · M3.1View report →3Western Shimane PrefectureDec 24, 2024, 06:55 JST · M4View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureNov 13, 2024, 10:16 JST · M2.9View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureOct 21, 2023, 05:00 JST · M3.1View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureSep 26, 2022, 03:25 JST · M3.5View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureAug 16, 2022, 16:04 JST · M3.4View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureMar 17, 2022, 05:03 JST · M2.8View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureJan 7, 2022, 03:30 JST · M3.5View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureFeb 19, 2021, 01:12 JST · M2.9View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureSep 16, 2020, 23:19 JST · M2.6View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureSep 5, 2020, 10:44 JST · M2.9View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureJul 10, 2020, 19:06 JST · M2.7View report →3Western Shimane PrefectureMar 13, 2020, 17:33 JST · M3.8View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureFeb 14, 2020, 07:25 JST · M3.2View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureNov 6, 2019, 20:35 JST · M3View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureOct 15, 2019, 03:48 JST · M3.1View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureOct 8, 2019, 11:57 JST · M2.6View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureMay 17, 2019, 14:42 JST · M3.4View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureJan 31, 2019, 06:04 JST · M3.2View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureJan 13, 2019, 18:28 JST · M2.5View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureSep 6, 2018, 16:17 JST · M3.2View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureMay 28, 2018, 06:11 JST · M3.2View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureMay 17, 2018, 16:34 JST · M3.4View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureMay 8, 2018, 06:46 JST · M2.7View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureMay 7, 2018, 23:43 JST · M2.8View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureApr 29, 2018, 14:35 JST · M3.4View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureApr 28, 2018, 03:42 JST · M3.7View report →3Western Shimane PrefectureApr 23, 2018, 01:01 JST · M4.1View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 19, 2018, 06:08 JST · M2.5View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 18, 2018, 15:10 JST · M3View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 14, 2018, 11:14 JST · M2.7View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureApr 14, 2018, 07:48 JST · M3.6View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureApr 13, 2018, 10:59 JST · M3.9View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 11, 2018, 22:15 JST · M3View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 11, 2018, 01:48 JST · M3View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 10, 2018, 07:13 JST · M2.9View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 19:52 JST · M2.7View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 13:50 JST · M3.2View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 09:27 JST · M3View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 07:34 JST · M3.3View report →3Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 06:38 JST · M3.8View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 05:49 JST · M2.8View report →1Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 05:14 JST · M3.2View report →4Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 05:05 JST · M4.6View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 04:39 JST · M3.7View report →2Western Shimane PrefectureApr 9, 2018, 04:33 JST · M3.2View report →