M5.0 Earthquake Near 硫黄島近海 Draws 1 Felt Reports
JMA Japan reports M5.0 near 硫黄島近海, with a 180.0 km catalog depth and 1 felt reports.
The event began at Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:53:00 GMT. JMA Japan reports magnitude 5.0, 180.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates 25.500, 140.800.
The catalog location label is 硫黄島近海; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.00e+12 joules, or about 477 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.
1 public felt report is attached to the current catalog entry. Other attached observation fields include reported intensity 1. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.
The JMA Japan catalog currently marks the solution as reviewed. Solution-quality fields list 1 reporting stations. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.
The issuing source also supplied this event summary: Maximum JMA intensity 1. この地震による津波の心配はありません。 The linked event record should be checked for later magnitude, depth, location, and review revisions.
At a glance
- Magnitude 5.0
- 180.0 km catalog depth
- 2.00e+12 J magnitude-derived energy estimate
- Origin: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:53:00 GMT
- 1 attached felt reports
- JMA Japan monitoring record