Yesterday: 6.9 magnitude earthquake near Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Biggest Earthquakes Near Obama, Fukui, Japan

46 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 44 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

119 years ago 7.4 magnitude, 300 km depth
Ōyama, Shizuoka, Japan

20 years ago 7.4 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

20 years ago 7.4 magnitude, 10 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

57 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 34 km depth
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan

93 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan

86 years ago 7.6 magnitude, 25 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan

64 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan

41 years ago 7.2 magnitude, 368 km depth
Owase, Mie, Japan

77 years ago 7.2 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

20 years ago 7.2 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

52 years ago 7.4 magnitude, 55 km depth
Tateyama, Chiba, Japan

94 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

15 years ago 7.1 magnitude, 292 km depth
Ōyama, Shizuoka, Japan

98 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan

81 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan

84 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hiratachō, Shimane, Japan

41 years ago 7.4 magnitude, 23 km depth
Noshiromachi, Akita, Japan

30 years ago 6.9 magnitude, 21 km depth
Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan

3 years ago 7.3 magnitude, 63 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan