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Kinokawa

Live hazards, weather and earthquake history for Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan. Updated automatically from official sources.

Notable events within 100 km, 12 months

2

Quakes within 100 km, 12 months (all sizes)

1

Strongest nearby, 10 years

M5.7

Nearest volcano

243 km

Hakusan

Hazard summary for Kinokawa

In the past 12 months 2 notable hazard events were recorded within 100 km of Kinokawa. Instruments also logged 1 earthquake of all sizes in the same area. The strongest earthquake within 100 km in the last ten years measured magnitude 5.7. The largest quake on record within 300 km was a magnitude 8.3 on 20 Dec 1946. The nearest volcano is Hakusan, about 243 km away. Over the last 9 years the area has averaged 5.3 magnitude 4+ earthquakes a year, with the most in 2022 (10). So far 2026 has been quieter than average, with 1. The deadliest disaster on record within 300 km was the 1586 magnitude 8.2 earthquake near Ise Bay, which killed 8,000 people.

Notable events within 100 km, by month

Year by year, within 100 km

Magnitude 4+ earthquakes near Kinokawa each year.

YearNotable eventsM4+ quakesStrongest
202621M5.7
202511M4.2
202455M4.4
202355M5.0
20221010M4.9
202188M5.2
202033M4.5
201955M5.2
201899M5.5
201722M4.5

Temperature and air quality history

How conditions near Kinokawa have changed day by day.

Daily highs and lows, last 30 days

Each bar runs from the day's low (teal) to its high (orange) at Wakayama, the nearest monitored city.

25°C14°C
16 Oct17 Oct

Worst air quality each day

16 Oct17 Oct
Hottest day
24°C / 75°F
17 Oct 2026
Coldest night
16°C / 60°F
17 Oct 2026
Worst air
AQI 67
16 Oct 2026

Records since tracking began on 16 Oct 2026. Hourly modelled values from Open-Meteo, stored by Open Earth.

Recent activity nearby

Events within 300 km in the last 90 days.

Strongest earthquakes on record

Magnitude 5 and above within 300 km, since 1900.

Historic disasters nearby

The most significant damaging earthquakes, tsunamis and eruptions within 300 km, from NOAA records going back centuries.

  • M8.2 earthquake, Ise Bay

    18 January 1586Triggered a tsunami8,000 killed10,000 homes destroyed

  • M8.4 earthquake, Mino-Owari

    27 October 18917,273 killed142,177 homes destroyed

  • M6.9 earthquake, Sw Honshu: Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya

    16 January 1995Triggered a tsunami6,434 killed43,792 injured186,175 homes destroyed$100,000m damage

  • M7.3 earthquake, Fukui

    28 June 19485,131 killed11,000 injured63,000 homes destroyed$1,000m damage

  • M8.4 earthquake, Nankaido

    28 October 1707Triggered a tsunami5,000 killed77,000 homes destroyed

  • M8.3 earthquake, Enshunada Sea

    20 September 1498Triggered a tsunami5,000 killed1,000 homes destroyed

  • M7.9 earthquake, Nankaido

    3 February 1605Triggered a tsunami5,000 killed400 homes destroyed

  • M7.3 earthquake, Honshu: Sw

    7 March 1927Triggered a tsunami3,022 killed3,295 injured15,594 homes destroyed$40m damage