Date & time | Oct 25, 2021 17:39:49 UTC - |
Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, Oct 26, 2021 at 2:39 am (GMT +9) |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 2.6 |
Depth | 172.2 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 37.301°N / 139.487°E ![]() |
Antipode | 37.301°S / 40.513°W |
Shaking intensity | Not felt |
Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
Nearest volcano | Numazawa (18 km / 11 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 48 km (30 mi) ESE of Tochio-honchō (Nagaoka, Niigata) (pop: 23,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 51 km (32 mi) SW of Kitakata (pop: 37,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 59 km (36 mi) ESE of Nagaoka (Niigata) (pop: 195,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 59 km (37 mi) SE of Sandyo (Prefectura de Niigata) (pop: 82,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) SSE of Niitsu (Niigata) (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 78 km (48 mi) SE of Niigata (pop: 505,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) W of Sukagawa (pop: 68,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 80 km (50 mi) W of Kōriyama (pop: 340,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 100 km (62 mi) WSW of Fukushima (pop: 294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 180 km (112 mi) N of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Moderate Rain ![]() |
Estimated seismic energy released | 5 x 108 joules (139 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.12 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
2.6 | 172 km | Japan: WESTERN FUKUSHIMA PREF | NIED |