September 28, 2007 Earthquake: Volcano Islands, Japan

Name: September 28, 2007 Earthquake: Volcano Islands, Japan
Start: 2007-09-28
Location: Volcano Islands, Japan

September 28, 2007 · M7.5

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Volcano Islands, Japan on September 28, 2007 at 13:38:57 UTC, 260 km below the surface.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: September 28, 2007
Time: 13:38:57 UTC
Place: Volcano Islands, Japan
Magnitude: 7.5 (Mw)
Focal depth: 260 km (162 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 22.013° N, 142.668° E
Country: Japan

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Felt (IV) at Chatan and Naha, Okinawa. Felt (III) at Yokosuka; (II) at Tokyo and Yokohama, Honshu. Recorded (2 JMA) in the Chichijima-retto. Also recorded (2 JMA) in Chiba, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Niigata, Saitama and Tokyo; (1 JMA) in Akita, Fukuoka, Gumma, Nagano, Shizuoka,

Tochigi and Yamagata Prefectures, Honshu. (reference #1053)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 2007 The 2000s Every quake the USGS located in 2007 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 8957.