Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 176 km depth29 Sep 02:15 UTC: First to report: NIED after 6 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 29, 2026 02:08:43 UTC - Local time at epicenterTuesday, Sep 29, 2026, at 11:08 am (GMT +9)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.9Depth176 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude41.532°N / 139.888°EMatsumae-gun, Hokkaido, JapanSeismic antipode41.532°S / 40.112°WShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceNIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)Nearest volcanoOshima-Oshima (43 km / 27 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 18.9°C (66 F), humidity: 67%, wind: 9 m/s (18 kts) from WNWEstimated 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 energy23 minutes agoSep 29, 2026 02:08 GMT / Sep 29, 2026 11:08 am (GMT +9)Lat / Lng: 41.532 / 139.888: Japan: SW Off HokkaidoSource: NIEDDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23398147',41.53200,139.88800,'23 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Japan: SW Off Hokkaido',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 Matsumae, a town with 6,300 inhabitants in Japan, in 21 km (13 mi) distance to the southeast, 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 GMT2026-09-29EpicenterAgency3.9176 km109 mi02:08:43SW OFF HOKKAIDONIED (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 397 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 6 or higher: 0.04 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 25.6 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 1.04 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 5.4 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 33.4 quakes per year (or 2.8 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 107 quakes per year (or 8.9 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 268 quakes per year (or 22.3 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 5 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 25 to 30 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake