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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:

1965-06-11 03:34:04 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 58 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1972-02-29 09:23:01 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 59 km depth
Katsuura, Chiba, Japan
1958-03-11 00:26:02 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 35 km depth
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
1959-08-15 08:57:06 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 25 km depth
Hengchun, Taiwan, Taiwan
1961-01-16 07:20:13 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 30 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
1963-02-13 08:50:04 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 30 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
1945-02-10 04:57:58 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 58 km depth
Misawa, Aomori, Japan
1948-04-17 16:11:32 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan
1951-10-22 03:29:35 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 25 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1936-11-02 20:45:58 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 35 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
1938-09-07 04:03:20 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 15 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1943-06-13 05:11:42 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 35 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
1928-05-27 09:50:29 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 35 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
1933-06-18 21:37:36 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 30 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
1935-09-11 14:04:04 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 35 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1919-05-03 00:52:03 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 15 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
2013-10-25 17:10:19 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 35 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
2009-08-09 10:55:55 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 292 km depth
Ōyama, Shizuoka, Japan
2011-04-07 14:32:43 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 42 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2006-12-26 12:26:21 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hengchun, Taiwan, Taiwan
1995-10-18 10:37:26 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 28 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan
1982-07-23 14:23:53 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 36 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
1973-06-24 02:43:25 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 50 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1964-06-23 01:26:38 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 71 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
1968-02-26 10:50:19 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 25 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1969-08-14 14:19:04 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 27 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1971-08-02 07:24:58 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 54 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan
1972-01-25 03:41:24 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 25 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1961-08-11 15:51:36 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 43 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
1962-04-23 05:58:13 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 60 km depth
Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

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