Misawa City earthquake and Shindo history
三沢市
Earthquakes for which stations associated with Misawa City reported an actual Shindo observation.
Latest observation: Sep 13, 2026, 05:31 PM JSTSince Feb 17, 2015, stations associated with Misawa City have reported a local reading for 417 earthquakes. Shindo 1 was most common, while the highest local level, Shindo 5−, was recorded 3 times.
Recent observed earthquakes
No local observation in the last 7 days. Latest observation: Sep 13, 2026
M4.5 · 120 km · 91 km
M4.7 · 30 km · 129 km
M4.3 · 50 km · 119 km
M4.3 · 40 km · 95 km
M4.6 · 50 km · 79 km
M6.1 · 10 km · 360 km
Stations and strongest local observations
The map combines stations assigned to this place with earthquakes that produced its strongest local readings.
Observation history
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.
Observed events by year
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Shindo observed in this place
The highest reading from stations in this place, not the maximum Shindo of the whole event.
Recent observed earthquakes
265 observed earthquakes
- 震度1Sep 6, 2026, 14:15 JSTOff the east Coast of Aomori PrefectureShindo in this place: 1 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M4.730 km
- 震度1Sep 2, 2026, 04:21 JSTOff the Coast of UrakawaShindo in this place: 1 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M4.350 km
- 震度1Aug 28, 2026, 23:31 JSTOff the Coast of Iwate PrefectureShindo in this place: 1 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M4.340 km
- 震度1Aug 27, 2026, 04:21 JSTOff the Coast of SanrikuShindo in this place: 1 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M6.110 km
- 震度1Aug 25, 2026, 03:07 JSTOff the Coast of Iwate PrefectureShindo in this place: 1 · Event maximum Shindo: 1M4.330 km
- 震度1Aug 12, 2026, 06:45 JSTOff the Coast of UrakawaShindo in this place: 1 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M4.550 km
- 震度1Aug 2, 2026, 09:45 JSTOff the Coast of Iwate PrefectureShindo in this place: 1 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M4.630 km
- 震度1Jul 31, 2026, 01:20 JSTOff the Coast of Iwate PrefectureShindo in this place: 1 · Event maximum Shindo: 1M4.040 km
Ground & J-SHIS
A change in the number of observations cannot by itself predict a larger earthquake.
Where the shaking usually comes from
Source regions of earthquakes observed here, ordered by the number of reports.
Recent observations in long-term context
A change in the number of observations cannot by itself predict a larger earthquake.
Earthquake scenarios affecting this place
Official J-SHIS models ranked for their potential impact on this municipality.
#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.
Modelled magnitude: M7.9–8.8
Read about this model #2Major active faultOritsume fault折爪断層Modelled magnitude: M7.0
Read about this model #3Other active faultNoheji fault zone野辺地断層帯Modelled magnitude: M7.0
Read about this modelJ-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.
Nearby places
Municipalities nearest to the representative station position.
Understand local Shindo in context
Guides to this place’s history, seismic intensity and notification tools.
Learn what Japan’s Shindo earthquake intensity scale measures, what levels 0, 5 Lower, 5 Upper and 7 mean, and why Shindo is different from magnitude.
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