M6.0 earthquake 55 km ENE of Noda, Japan
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of Noda, Japan on Thu, May 23, 1968, 4:29 AM JST (19:29 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.0 87 km E of Yamada, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0 (Mw, moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1968-05-22 19:29:27 UTC
- Depth
- 45.4 km (28.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.290° N, 142.429° E
- Region
- Japan
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 2.8% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6153 km E of Noda, Japan · 21315 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 6.6141 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 21314 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 6.1121 km E of Noda, Japan · 21313 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.6146 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 21313 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.877 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 21306 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
- 7.087 km E of Yamada, Japan · 21295 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.897 km E of Yamada, Japan · 21295 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.9134 km E of Noda, Japan · 21267 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 6.1112 km E of Miyako, Japan · 21321 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 6.5111 km E of Miyako, Japan · 21322 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.768 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 21322 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.569 km E of Miyako, Japan · 21322 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.7106 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 21337 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem822541. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC.