Saitama earthquake and Shindo history in 2024
埼玉県
This annual view includes only earthquakes from 2024 for which stations associated with Saitama recorded Shindo.
Data period: 1 January–31 December 2024In 2024, stations associated with Saitama reported local Shindo for 30 earthquakes. The highest local level recorded that year was Shindo 5−.
Observation history · 2024
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.
Observation history · 2024
30 observed earthquakes
- 震度2Oct 30, 2024, 15:14 JSTSouthern Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M4.050 km
- 震度2Oct 26, 2024, 06:20 JSTSouthern Saitama PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M3.960 km
- 震度2Sep 1, 2024, 11:28 JSTEastern Region · Fuji Five Lakes, Yamanashi PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 3M4.320 km
- 震度2Aug 28, 2024, 02:05 JSTEastern Kanagawa PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 3M4.140 km
- 震度2Aug 15, 2024, 20:20 JSTWestern Kanagawa PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 4M4.410 km
- 震度2Aug 10, 2024, 04:05 JSTSouthern Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M3.950 km
- 震度2Jul 31, 2024, 01:47 JST23 wards, TokyoShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 3M4.7120 km
- 震度2Jul 18, 2024, 20:07 JSTOff the east Coast of Hachijojima IslandShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 3M5.8100 km
Regional context
The context below uses the place's full available history and reference models; it is not part of the 2024 statistics.
Where the shaking usually comes from
Source regions of earthquakes observed here, ordered by the number of reports.
Earthquake scenarios affecting this place
Official J-SHIS models ranked for their potential impact on this prefecture.
#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: M7.9–8.6
Read about this model #2Major active faultFukaya fault zone深谷断層帯Modelled magnitude: M7.2
Read about this model #3Subduction-zone earthquakeLarge Earthquakes along the Nankai Trough南海トラフ沿いで発生する大地震Modelled magnitude: M8.2–9.1
Read about this model #4Major active faultTachikawa fault zone立川断層帯Modelled magnitude: M6.8
Read about this model #5Major active faultAyasegawa fault (Ina-Kawaguchi segment)綾瀬川断層伊奈－川口区間Modelled magnitude: M6.5
Read about this model #6Major active faultOta fault太田断層Modelled magnitude: M6.9
Read about this model #7Major active faultOgose fault越生断層Modelled magnitude: M6.7
Read about this model #8Major active faultOkubo fault大久保断層Modelled magnitude: M7.0
Read about this model #9Major active faultFukaya/Ayasegawa fault zone (All segment)深谷断層・綾瀬川断層（全体が同時に活動）Modelled magnitude: M7.5
Read about this model #10Major active faultFukaya/Ayasegawa fault zone (Fukaya fault zone/Kounosu-Ina segment)深谷断層・綾瀬川断層（深谷断層と鴻巣－伊奈区間が同時に活動）Modelled magnitude: M7.4
Read about this model #11Major active faultFukaya/Ayasegawa fault zone (Kounosu-Ina segment/Ina-Kawaguchi segment)深谷断層・綾瀬川断層（鴻巣－伊奈区間と伊奈－川口区間が同時に活動）Modelled magnitude: M7.0
Read about this model #12Major active faultAyasegawa fault (Kounosu-Ina segment)綾瀬川断層鴻巣－伊奈区間Modelled magnitude: M6.5
Read about this model #13Subduction-zone earthquakeMega earthquakes along the Japan Trench (Great East Japan Earthquake 2011 type)日本海溝沿いの超巨大地震（東北地方太平洋沖型）Modelled magnitude: M8.6–9.0
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.
Municipalities in this prefecture
Municipalities with an observation history, ordered alphabetically. Counts depend on station coverage and the available data period; they are not a risk ranking.
429 Observed eventsShindo 4
→305 Observed eventsShindo 4
→271 Observed eventsShindo 3
→354 Observed eventsShindo 4
→201 Observed eventsShindo 3
→266 Observed eventsShindo 4
→422 Observed eventsShindo 4
→140 Observed eventsShindo 3
→355 Observed eventsShindo 4
→294 Observed eventsShindo 4
→170 Observed eventsShindo 3
→127 Observed eventsShindo 3
→133 Observed eventsShindo 3
→503 Observed eventsShindo 4
→406 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→160 Observed eventsShindo 4
→216 Observed eventsShindo 4
→137 Observed eventsShindo 3
→779 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→300 Observed eventsShindo 3
→429 Observed eventsShindo 5+
→395 Observed eventsShindo 4
→761 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→345 Observed eventsShindo 4
→365 Observed eventsShindo 4
→485 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→752 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→550 Observed eventsShindo 4
→294 Observed eventsShindo 4
→155 Observed eventsShindo 3
→362 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→793 Observed eventsShindo 5+
→269 Observed eventsShindo 4
→270 Observed eventsShindo 4
→384 Observed eventsShindo 4
→311 Observed eventsShindo 4
→106 Observed eventsShindo 3
→189 Observed eventsShindo 3
→243 Observed eventsShindo 4
→287 Observed eventsShindo 4
→298 Observed eventsShindo 4
→404 Observed eventsShindo 4
→241 Observed eventsShindo 4
→514 Observed eventsShindo 4
→483 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→422 Observed eventsShindo 4
→466 Observed eventsShindo 4
→355 Observed eventsShindo 4
→516 Observed eventsShindo 4
→255 Observed eventsShindo 4
→486 Observed eventsShindo 4
→262 Observed eventsShindo 4
→513 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→376 Observed eventsShindo 4
→241 Observed eventsShindo 4
→433 Observed eventsShindo 4
→258 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→258 Observed eventsShindo 4
→353 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→264 Observed eventsShindo 4
→227 Observed eventsShindo 4
→245 Observed eventsShindo 4
→336 Observed eventsShindo 4
→342 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→395 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→144 Observed eventsShindo 3
→108 Observed eventsShindo 3
→309 Observed eventsShindo 5−
→363 Observed eventsShindo 4
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