Uploaded on May 7, 2026

Event Event time: 2026-04-27 05:23 (JST, JMA) Location: 42.67°N, 143.08°E (JMA) Depth: 83 km (JMA) Magnitude: Mj6.2 (JMA)

Information in our site

• Strong Ground Motions - Earthquake in Southern Tokachi, Hokkaido on April 27, 2026 (Mj6.2, Mw6.1) [in English](updated on May 7)

Direct links

• M 6.1 - 25 km WNW of Sarabetsu, Japan

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.data.jma.go.jp/eqev/data/daily_map/20260427.html). 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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