According to JMA, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck near Off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture on September 22, 2026. It was recorded at 07:30 AM GMT+9 at a depth of 30 km.
Magnitude and location may later be revised by JMA.
Your location is only used for this calculation and is never stored.
Magnitude
M4.5
Mj · Light
Depth
30 km
Shallow
Time (UTC)
10:30:00 PM
September 21, 2026
Local time
07:30 AM
September 22, 2026 · GMT+9
The epicenter was about 118 km from Iwaki.
No other earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km of the epicenter since this one.
The earthquake occurred near Off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture at 37.500° N, 142.100° E, at a depth of 30 km. The nearest town was Iwaki, about 118 km away.
JMA reported a magnitude of Mj 4.5 (light). How strongly it was felt, and any damage, also depend on depth, distance from the epicenter and local ground conditions.
No other earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km of the epicenter since this one.
Earthquake data: USGS (public domain); Turkey: AFAD; Europe: EMSC-CSEM SeismicPortal (CC BY 4.0); Japan: JMA; New Zealand: GeoNet (CC BY 3.0 NZ); Australia: Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Canada: NRCan (OGL-Canada); USGS backup: GFZ GEOFON (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Borders: Natural Earth.