M4.3 earthquake 53 km E of Namie, Fukushima, Japan

Name: M4.3 earthquake 53 km E of Namie, Fukushima, Japan
Start: 2026-09-14T11:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-14T11:00:00.000Z
Location: 53 km E of Namie, Fukushima, Japan

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 53 km E of Namie, Fukushima, Japan at 20:00 local time (11:00 UTC) on 14 Sept 2026, at a depth of 50 km, according to JMA and USGS. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.

Reported by 2 agencies

Data: JMA, USGS · updated 2026-09-14 11:23 UTC · automatic solution

Magnitude: 4.3light
JMA magnitude (Mj)
Depth: 50 km
Status: Automatic
Origin time: 2026-09-14 11:00:00 UTC; Local: 14 Sept 2026, 20:00:00 (Asia/Tokyo)
Epicentre: 37.500° N, 141.600° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
Place	Distance	Est. shaking
NamieFukushima, Japan · pop. 21,866	53 km	IIWeak
Minami-SōmaFukushima, Japan · pop. 59,005	57 km	IIWeak
SōmaFukushima, Japan · pop. 34,865	67 km	IIWeak
IwakiFukushima, Japan · pop. 357,309	81 km	IIWeak
FukushimaJapan · pop. 294,237	103 km	IIWeak
SendaiMiyagi, Japan · pop. 1,096,704	107 km	IIWeak
KōriyamaFukushima, Japan · pop. 327,692	108 km	IIWeak
MitoIbaraki, Japan · pop. 270,685	164 km	INot felt

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 33 km.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses JMA.

Agency	Magnitude	Depth	Epicentre	Time offset	Status
JMAheadlineJMA via Japan Meteorological Agency	4.3 Mj	50 km	37.50° N, 141.60° E	–	Automatic
USGSUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey	4.6 mb	51.3 km	37.61° N, 141.53° E	−5.3 s	Reviewed

How big was it?

Widely felt near the epicentre: rattling windows and objects. Significant damage is unlikely.

It released roughly the energy of 43 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 50 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

Compare M4.3 with M3.3

M4.3 releases about 32× the energy of M3.3, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 43 t of TNT vs 1.3 t of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M3.3. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

No later earthquakes have been recorded within 30 km so far. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Did you feel it?

Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.

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Reports on SeismoAtlas

No reports yet.

Event id jma20260914200001. First recorded here 28 Sept 2026, 17:32:06 UTC. Solutions: JMA (jma:20260914200001); USGS (usgs:us7000thct). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M4.3 earthquake 53 km E of Namie, Fukushima, Japan”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/jma20260914200001-m4-3-earthquake-53-km-e-of-namie-fukushima-japan, data from JMA, USGS.

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