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Latest quakes near Aso volcano since 2023 - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 19, 2024 21:18 GMT - refresh

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There were no significant confirmed earthquakes near Aso volcano in the past 7 days.

Since 2023, Aso volcano has had 24 quakes of magnitudes above 2 and up to 3.7:

10 quakes above magnitude 3
14 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3

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Showing all recent or significant quakes since 2023, magnitude 0 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (24 quakes):

Latest quakes near Aso volcano since 2023 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 3, 02:21 pm (GMT +9)	3.1 5.1 km	28 km (17 mi) to the N	Japan: NORTHERN OITA PREF	Info
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 20, 08:54 am (GMT +9)	3.1 8.2 km	10 km (6.2 mi) to the N	Japan: NE KUMAMOTO PREF	Info
Friday, March 15, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 16, 06:34 am (GMT +9)	3.3 6.4 km	6.4 km (4 mi) to the NW	Japan: Ne Kumamoto Pref 1 report	Info
Thursday, March 14, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 14, 10:39 pm (GMT +9)	3.0 118 km	29 km (18 mi) to the NE	Japan: Southern Oita Pref	Info
Friday, March 1, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 1, 05:52 pm (GMT +9)	2.7 10.5 km	18 km (11 mi) to the NE	Japan: NE KUMAMOTO PREF	Info
Saturday, February 17, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 18, 07:00 am (GMT +9)	2.6 9.4 km	16 km (10.2 mi) to the N	12 km northeast of Aso, Kumamoto, Japan	Info
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 19, 2023 01:38 pm (GMT +9)	2.9 136 km	22 km (14 mi) to the SE	Japan: NORTHERN MIYAZAKI PREF	Info
Sunday, December 17, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 17, 2023 03:31 pm (GMT +9)	2.8 123 km	29 km (18 mi) to the NE	Japan: SOUTHERN OITA PREF	Info
Thursday, December 14, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 14, 2023 09:45 am (GMT +9)	2.5 134 km	24 km (15 mi) to the SE	Japan: NORTHERN MIYAZAKI PREF	Info
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 13, 2023 01:52 pm (GMT +9)	3.0 8.9 km	11 km (6.8 mi) to the N	Japan: NE KUMAMOTO PREF	Info
Sunday, December 3, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 4, 2023 04:54 am (GMT +9)	2.5 32 km	25 km (15 mi) to the S	Japan: NORTHERN MIYAZAKI PREF	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 6.7 x 10¹⁰ joules (18.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 8.3 quakes on average per year near Aso volcano:

Mag. 5 or higher: 0.36 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.8 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 2.5 quakes per year
Mag. 3 or higher: 17.9 quakes per year
Mag. 2 or higher: 52 quakes per year (or 4.3 quakes per month)
Mag. 1 or higher: 92 quakes per year (or 7.7 quakes per month)

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