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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:

1901-08-09 18:33:00 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 0 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
2003-09-25 21:08:00 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan
2004-09-05 14:57:18 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 10 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan
2004-09-05 14:57:00 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan
1983-05-26 02:59:59 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 23 km depth
Noshiromachi, Akita, Japan
1986-11-14 21:20:10 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1989-11-01 18:25:34 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 28 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
1978-07-23 14:42:36 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 17 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1968-01-29 10:19:07 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 36 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1972-12-04 10:16:12 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 55 km depth
Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
1937-02-21 07:02:42 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 30 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1906-01-21 13:49:33 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 300 km depth
Ōyama, Shizuoka, Japan
2011-03-09 02:45:20 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 32 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
2012-12-07 08:18:23 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 31 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
2002-11-17 04:53:53 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 459 km depth
Dolinsk, Sakhalin, Russia
1994-10-09 07:55:39 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 33 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1971-09-05 18:35:30 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 18 km depth
Gornozavodsk, Sakhalin, Russia
1972-01-25 02:06:24 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 25 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1962-04-12 00:52:44 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 28 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
1951-11-24 18:47:18 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 25 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1941-12-16 19:19:43 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Pizitou, Taiwan, Taiwan
1915-02-28 18:59:12 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 20 km depth
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
2022-03-16 14:36:33 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 63 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
2013-04-19 03:05:52 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 110 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
2004-09-05 10:07:07 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan
2005-08-16 02:46:28 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 36 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2005-08-16 02:46:00 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 40 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
1996-02-07 21:36:46 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 42 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1984-01-01 09:03:38 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 368 km depth
Owase, Mie, Japan
1984-03-24 09:44:02 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 44 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia

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