Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 315 km depth29 Sep 02:30 UTC: First to report: NIED after 8 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 29, 2026 02:21:41 UTC - Local time at epicenterTuesday, Sep 29, 2026, at 11:21 am (GMT +9)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.9Depth315 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude44.364°N / 141.847°ETomamae Gun, Hokkaido, JapanSeismic antipode44.364°S / 38.153°WShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceNIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)Nearest volcanoRishiri (102 km / 63 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 15°C (59 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 8 m/s (15 kts) from NWEstimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy17 minutes agoSep 29, 2026 02:21 GMT / Sep 29, 2026 11:21 am (GMT +9)Lat / Lng: 44.364 / 141.847: Japan: Rumoi RegionSource: NIEDDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23398165',44.36400,141.84700,'17 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Japan: Rumoi Region',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in JapanNearby placesThe closest larger town near the epicenter is Haboro, a town with 7,300 inhabitants in Japan, in 11.5 km (7 mi) distance to the west, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. 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It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-09-29EpicenterAgency3.9315 km196 mi02:21:41RUMOI REGIONNIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 56 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 226 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 6 or higher: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.3 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 0.22 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 4.5 years)Mag. 4 or higher: 11.2 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 33.6 quakes per year (or 2.8 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 55 quakes per year (or 4.6 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 110 quakes per year (or 9.2 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 4 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 30 to 35 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake