Uploaded on January 7, 2026

Event Event time: 2026-01-06 10:18 (JST, JMA) Location: 35.32°N, 133.21°E (JMA) Depth: 11 km (JMA) Magnitude: Mj6.4 (JMA)

Information in our site

• Strong Ground Motions - Earthquake in Eastern Shimane Pref. on January 6, 2026 (Mj6.4/Mw5.7) [in English](updated on January 7)

Related institutions

• United States Geological Survey (USGS), USA

The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT, Wessel and Smith, Eos, 79, 579, 1998) was used to make the figure of the epicenter, which is from JMA (https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/press/2601/06d/202601061240.pdf). The land topography and ocean bathymetry are from GEBCO Compilation Group (2020, GEBCO 2020 Grid, doi:10.5285/a29c5465-b138-234d-e053-6c86abc040b9).

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