Kishiwada

Earthquakes near Kishiwada, 2017–2026

From 2017 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 14 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Kishiwada, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. None reached magnitude 6: the strongest was a magnitude 5.7 on May 2, 2026 (12 km SSW of Kōya, Japan).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Kishiwada in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 5.5 on June 17, 2018 (near the south coast of western Honshu, Japan), for which NOAA records 5 deaths. One earthquake here in these years is on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 2 of the events here, 6 in all. 2018 had the most magnitude 4.5+ earthquakes: 4 of the 14. NOAA lists one tsunami that began within 100 km of Kishiwada, and one from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 1.29 m, on September 4, 2018. The deadliest here came on July 29, 2025 from a magnitude 8.8 earthquake (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia): NOAA’s runup records count one death within 100 km of Kishiwada.

The events

  • May 2, 2026Earthquake · M 5.712 km SSW of Kōya, JapanUSGS
  • July 29, 2025Tsunami · 17 m highKamchatka Peninsula, Russia · one death here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • September 4, 2018Tsunami · 1.29 m hereSouthern JapanNOAA NCEI
  • June 17, 2018Earthquake · M 5.5near the south coast of western Honshu, Japan · 5 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Kishiwada when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
  • USGS counts are its ComCat catalogue’s earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more, aftershocks included.
  • NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
  • Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
  • A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
  • Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

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