September 11, 2008 Earthquake: Hokkaido, Japan
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan on September 11, 2008 at 00:20:50 UTC, 25 km below the surface. It caused a tsunami.
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 11, 2008
- Time
- 00:20:50 UTC
- Place
- Hokkaido, Japan
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 25 km (16 mi)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 41.892° N, 143.754° 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.
September 11, 2008. Felt (IV) at Sapporo. Felt at
Hakodate and Otofuke. Also felt (IV) at Misawa,
Honshu. Recorded (5L JMA) in southern Hokkaido.
Recorded (3 JMA) in Aomori and Iwate; (2 JMA) in
Akita, Miyagi and Yamagata; (1 JMA) in Fukushima,
Gumma, Ibaraki and Tochigi, Honshu. A small tsunami
was recorded at Hanasaki, Hokkaido. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 21, 1982, Hokkaido, Urakawa, Hiroo, Japan
- May 16, 1968, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan
- April 25, 1843, Yezo, Kushiro, Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
- September 5, 2018, Hokkaido, Japan
- March 4, 1952, Hokkaido, Japan
- August 23, 1856, Oshima, Japan
- August 9, 1901, Off Northeast Coast Honshu, Japan
- December 28, 1994, Honshu, Japan
- September 25, 2003, Hokkaido, Japan
- January 15, 1993, Hokkadio, Kushiro, Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
- May 28, 1938, E. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- March 22, 1894, Off Coast of Honshu, Japan
- April 23, 1962, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- August 2, 1971, Japan Trench
- June 13, 1943, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan
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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 8134.