February 16, 2015 Earthquake: Honshu, Japan
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Honshu, Japan on February 16, 2015 at 23:06:28 UTC, 23 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
- February 16, 2015
- Time
- 23:06:28 UTC
- Place
- Honshu, Japan
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 23 km (14 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 39.856° N, 142.881° 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 Misawa and Morioka; (III) at Sendai and (II) at Tokyo. Felt at Chitose and Sapporo, Hokkaido. Recorded (4 JMA) in Akita, Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi, Honshu. Yamada, Iwate, Japan - CDI: 5 Morioka, Iwate, Japan - CDI: 5 Kitakami, Iwate, Japan - CDI: 5 Aomori, Aomori, Japan - CDI: 4 Misawa, Aomori, Japan - CDI: 4 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- June 15, 1896, Sanriku, Japan
- March 11, 2011, Honshu, Japan
- December 2, 1611, Sanriku, Japan
- March 2, 1933, Sanriku, Japan
- February 17, 1793, Sanriku,rikuzen,rikuchu, Japan
- August 31, 1896, Senhoku, Ugo, Japan
- December 6, 1616, Sanriku, Japan
- May 16, 1968, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan
- June 12, 1978, Sanriku, Japan
- August 23, 1856, Oshima, Japan
- June 13, 2008, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
- August 9, 1901, Off Northeast Coast Honshu, Japan
- December 28, 1994, Honshu, Japan
- July 23, 2008, N, Honshu, Japan
- October 2, 1678, Sanriku,rikuchu, 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 10131.