November 13, 2015 Earthquake: Kyusyu Island, Japan
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Kyusyu Island, Japan on November 13, 2015 at 20:51:31 UTC, 12 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
- November 13, 2015
- Time
- 20:51:31 UTC
- Place
- Kyusyu Island, Japan
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 12 km (7 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 31.001° N, 128.873° 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 Nagasaki, Kyushu. Also felt at Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Miyakonojo, Oita, Saga and Sasebo. Felt at Mokpo and Gijang, South Korea. Also felt at Ningbo, Shanghai and Wuxi, China. Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan - CDI: 5; Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan - CDI: 4; Saga, Saga, Japan - CDI: 3; Ningbo, Zhejiang, China - CDI: 3; Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan - CDI: 3 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 10163.