LOCAL EARTHQUAKE HISTORY

Rishirifuji Town earthquake and Shindo history in 2022

Name: Rishirifuji Town earthquake and observed Shindo history
Creator: JISHINDESU
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利尻富士町

This annual view includes only earthquakes from 2022 for which stations associated with Rishirifuji Town recorded Shindo.

Data period: 1 January–31 December 2022

History Hokkaido →

Data period: 1 January–31 December 2022

In 2022, stations associated with Rishirifuji Town reported local Shindo for 4 earthquakes. The highest local level recorded that year was Shindo 2.

Observed events42022

Highest local Shindo22022

Data period: 1 January–31 December 2022 · 4 observed earthquakes

Observation history · 2022

This history counts earthquakes observed at stations in the place, not earthquakes whose epicentre lies inside its boundary. Counts can change as stations are updated and older or corrected observations are added.

2022 · Clear filters

First observation: Aug 13, 2015

Observed events by year

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20263 20251 20224 20191 20181 20161 20151

2022

Shindo observed in this place

The highest reading from stations in this place, not the maximum Shindo of the whole event.

All Shindo

13 2130405−05+06−06+070

Data period: 1 January–31 December 2022

Observation history · 2022

4 observed earthquakes

Reference model · not a forecast

Ground & J-SHIS

The context below uses the place's full available history and reference models; it is not part of the 2022 statistics.

Local seismic profile

Where the shaking usually comes from

Source regions of earthquakes observed here, ordered by the number of reports.

Northern Soya Region, Hokkaido宗谷地方北部

Off the northwest Coast of Hokkaido北海道北西沖

Central and eastern Iburi Region, Hokkaido胆振地方中東部

Off the east Coast of Aomori Prefecture青森県東方沖

Off the Coast of Sanriku三陸沖

Southern Soya Region, Hokkaido宗谷地方南部

Reference model · not a forecast J-SHIS (NIED) · A01519

Earthquake scenarios affecting this place

Official J-SHIS models ranked for their potential impact on this municipality.

J-SHIS / NIED

#1 means the model ranks highest in the J-SHIS result for this place under the same settings. It is not a ranking of which earthquake will happen next.

Magnitude on a card describes the size of the whole earthquake model, not the Shindo expected here. Local shaking also depends on distance, depth and ground conditions.

#1Major active faultSarobetsu fault zoneサロベツ断層帯

Modelled magnitude: M7.0

Read about this model

J-SHIS 2020 model, 30-year period and Shindo 6-lower threshold. This is not a prediction of a particular earthquake. Source: J-SHIS (NIED); processed for presentation by JISHINDESU.

Local seismic profile

Nearby places

Municipalities nearest to the representative station position.

Rishiri Town利尻町10 km away Rebun Town礼文町27 km away Toyotomi Town豊富町41 km away Wakkanai City稚内市46 km away Horonobe Town幌延町50 km away Teshio Town天塩町52 km away

GUIDES

Understand local Shindo in context

Guides to this place’s history, seismic intensity and notification tools.

8 min readJapan’s Shindo Scale Explained: What Levels 0–7 Mean

Shindo is Japan’s earthquake intensity scale. See what shaking each level means, from 0 to 7, and why a local Shindo reading is different from magnitude.

Read guide 10 min readHow to use the JISHINDESU interactive map

A guide to the redesigned map panel: adding and switching places, ten years of history, filters, local Shindo readings, sharing and notifications.

Read guide 6 min readAre earthquakes becoming more frequent in Japan?

How to compare earthquake counts fairly—and why a few active days do not prove a lasting increase.

Read guide 4 min readAway from home? Monitor earthquakes in your Japanese town

Use home as the reference point and receive notifications without an account when a station within the selected radius reports your chosen Shindo level.

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