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

Biggest Earthquakes Near Hiratachō, Shimane, Japan

32 years ago 6.6 magnitude, 448 km depth
Sakaiminato, Shimane, Japan

87 years ago 6.5 magnitude, 25 km depth
Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan

28 years ago 6.7 magnitude, 49 km depth
Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

73 years ago 6.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan

76 years ago 6.7 magnitude, 25 km depth
Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan

80 years ago 6.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Toyohama, Aichi, Japan

18 years ago 6.4 magnitude, 140 km depth
Tsukawaki, Oita, Japan

11 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 79 km depth
Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan

69 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Kamojimachō-jōgejima, Tokushima, Japan

57 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 364 km depth
Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan

8 years ago 6.2 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan

86 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan

11 months ago 6.3 magnitude, 25 km depth
Uwajima, Ehime, Japan

102 years ago 6.6 magnitude, 15 km depth
Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

62 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan

18 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 140 km depth
Tsukawaki, Oita, Japan

3 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 39 km depth
Saiki, Oita, Japan

74 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 48 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

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

35 years ago 6.1 magnitude, 362 km depth
Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan