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

Biggest Earthquakes Near Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan

78 years ago 8.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

14 years ago 9.0 magnitude, 29 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

80 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

83 years ago 7.9 magnitude, 35 km depth
Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan

113 years ago 7.9 magnitude, 100 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan

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

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

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

86 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 20 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan

101 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

115 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 235 km depth
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan

7 months ago 7.1 magnitude, 25 km depth
Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

101 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 35 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan

54 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 45 km depth
Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan

55 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 38 km depth
Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan

8 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

63 years ago 7.0 magnitude, 30 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan

29 years ago 7.1 magnitude, 28 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan

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

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