Live updates of today's earthquakes in Japan. View recent seismic activity with magnitudes, depths, epicenter locations, and interactive earthquake maps. Updated continuously.

Understanding the Context

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater) 5 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 13 earthquakes in the past 7 days 47 earthquakes in the past 30 days 696 earthquakes in the past 365 days Live Japan earthquakes today: real-time USGS data, recent seismic activity, fault lines, risk level, and largest historical quakes. Use our earthquake tracker t Track earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons in Japan in real time. Live map updated continuously, with seismic intensity by prefecture and today's latest quakes. Situated on the Ring of Fire arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches partly encircling the Pacific Basin, Japan accounts for about 20% of global earthquakes of magnitude 6 or higher.

Key Insights

Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan, which sits on the boundary of four tectonic plates. Experts are also concerned. Shinji Kiyomoto of Japan's Meteorological Agency has asked the public to "remain vigilant" for further earthquakes, referencing 2016's deadly series of earthquakes, which ... Provides earthquake information including hypocenter, magnitude, seismic intensity, and tsunami potential in Japan. Offers Earthquake Early Warning to mitigate disaster damage.

Final Thoughts

The preliminary magnitude of 7.1 was at the highest end of Japan’s seismic intensity scale. Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi says rescue teams are in a "race against time" after an earthquake killed at least 13 people - everything we know so far The quake hit the country's Kumamoto prefecture ...