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Biggest Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 2 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 16 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 43 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 571 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

1923-09-02 02:46:41 UTC 7.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
1915-05-01 05:00:10 UTC 7.8 magnitude, 30 km depth
Severo-Kuril’sk, Sakhalin, Russia
2011-03-11 06:25:50 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 18 km depth
Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan
2012-08-14 02:59:38 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 583 km depth
Poronaysk, Sakhalin, Russia
1999-09-20 17:47:18 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 33 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
1993-07-12 13:17:11 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 16 km depth
Iwanai, Hokkaido, Japan
1973-06-17 03:55:02 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 48 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
1978-06-12 08:14:26 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 44 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
1950-02-28 10:21:00 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 329 km depth
Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia
1938-11-06 08:53:55 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1938-11-05 10:50:18 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1938-05-23 07:18:30 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 15 km depth
Takahagi, Ibaraki, Japan
1938-06-10 09:53:43 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 20 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
1930-11-10 13:35:26 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Takahagi, Ibaraki, Japan
1991-12-22 08:43:13 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 24 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1993-01-15 11:06:05 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 102 km depth
Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan
1978-03-24 19:47:50 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1964-06-16 04:01:43 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 15 km depth
Murakami, Niigata, Japan
1938-11-06 21:38:48 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 25 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1998-05-03 23:30:21 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 33 km depth
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
1978-03-23 03:15:20 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1966-03-12 16:31:20 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 30 km depth
Yonakuni, Okinawa, Japan
1968-04-01 00:42:07 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 34 km depth
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan
1969-08-11 21:27:40 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 25 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1956-09-29 23:20:55 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 66 km depth
Shisui, Chiba, Japan
1961-02-26 18:10:52 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan
1951-10-21 21:34:21 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 25 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1938-06-16 02:15:18 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 20 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan
1940-08-01 15:08:25 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Rishiri Town, Hokkaido, Japan
1931-11-02 10:03:04 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan

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