Japan earthquake statistics for August 2020
Catalogue events, magnitude, maximum Shindo, depth and tsunami statuses for the same reporting period.
Full periodData updated:
This is a completed period, although later additions and corrections can still revise totals.
Catalogue events112
Highest ShindoShindo 3
Largest magnitudeM5.6
Events with tsunami status0
Average magnitude3.3
Average depth33.8 km
The JISHINDESU catalogue contains 112 events for this period. The largest was M5.6, with maximum Shindo 3.
How these statistics are calculated
We count unique earthquake records in the JISHINDESU catalogue. Corrections update the same record and cancellations follow the current catalogue state. Dates use JST; averages include records where that value exists. The tsunami count covers statuses other than ‘none’.
EARTHQUAKE STATISTICS
Events through the period
EARTHQUAKE STATISTICS
Events by maximum Shindo
EARTHQUAKE STATISTICS
Largest events by magnitude
Place names follow the available source or romanised name.
- Shindo3Off the Coast of Ibaraki PrefectureM5.630 km
- Shindo2Off the southeast Coast of Mie PrefectureM5.2380 km
- Shindo2Chuetsu, Niigata PrefectureM5.1190 km
- Shindo1Adjacent Sea of Yonagunijima IslandM4.70 km
- Shindo2Off the south Coast of Boso PeninsulaM4.780 km
- Shindo2Off the southeast Coast of Etorofu IslandM4.610 km
- Shindo2Off the Coast of KushiroM4.550 km
- Shindo1Adjacent Sea of Okinawa Main IslandM4.510 km
- Shindo3Southern Ibaraki PrefectureM4.460 km
- Shindo2Off the east Coast of Chiba PrefectureM4.460 km