Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 161 km depth25 Sep 16:00 UTC: First to report: NIED after 8 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 25, 2026 15:52:00 UTC - Local time at epicenterSaturday, Sep 26, 2026, at 12:52 am (GMT +9)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.9Depth161 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude42.55°N / 139.487°EKudo-gun, Hokkaido, JapanSeismic antipode42.55°S / 40.513°WShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceNIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)Nearest volcanoNigorigawa (92 km / 57 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 18°C (64 F), humidity: 43%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from NNWEstimated 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 energy19 minutes agoSep 25, 2026 15:52 GMT / Sep 26, 2026 12:52 am (GMT +9)Lat / Lng: 42.55 / 139.487: Japan: SW Off HokkaidoSource: NIEDDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23390879',42.55000,139.48700,'19 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 Setana, a town with 7,400 inhabitants in Japan, in 32 km (20 mi) distance to the east, 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 GMT2026-09-25EpicenterAgency3.9161 km100 mi15:52:00SW 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 194 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 6 or higher: 0.07 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 14.1 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 0.72 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.4 years)Mag. 4 or higher: 4.1 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 15.4 quakes per yearMag. 2 or higher: 53 quakes per year (or 4.4 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 157 quakes per year (or 13.1 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 9 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 10 to 15 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake