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

Biggest Earthquakes Near Obama, Fukui, Japan

20 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Ojiya, Niigata, Japan

2 years ago 6.1 magnitude, 357 km depth
Toba, Mie, Japan

57 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 344 km depth
Ōyama, Shizuoka, Japan

86 years ago 6.7 magnitude, 25 km depth
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan

29 years ago 6.0 magnitude, 333 km depth
Toba, Mie, Japan

44 years ago 6.2 magnitude, 15 km depth
Itō, Shizuoka, Japan

24 years ago 5.9 magnitude, 7 km depth
Mikuni, Fukui, Japan

24 years ago 5.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Mikuni, Fukui, Japan

4 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 54 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

9 years ago 6.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

20 years ago 6.1 magnitude, 21 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

59 years ago 6.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Toba, Mie, Japan

60 years ago 6.0 magnitude, 35 km depth
Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan

41 years ago 6.5 magnitude, 126 km depth
Bungo-Takada-shi, Oita, Japan

82 years ago 6.7 magnitude, 15 km depth
Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan

14 years ago 6.0 magnitude, 9 km depth
Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan

40 years ago 6.8 magnitude, 47 km depth
Katsuura, Chiba, Japan

32 years ago 5.8 magnitude, 357 km depth
Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan

75 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Imaichi, Tochigi, Japan

42 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 22 km depth
Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan