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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:

1936-08-22 06:51:35 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Hengchun, Taiwan, Taiwan
1935-10-18 00:12:00 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
1922-09-01 19:16:07 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 20 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1909-03-13 14:29:00 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
2021-02-13 14:07:50 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 49 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
2010-02-26 20:31:26 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 25 km depth
Katsuren-haebaru, Okinawa, Japan
2011-07-10 00:57:10 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 23 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2003-05-26 09:24:33 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 68 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
2004-11-28 18:32:14 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 39 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
2005-11-14 21:38:51 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 11 km depth
Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan
2008-07-19 02:39:28 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 22 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1995-01-06 22:37:34 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 26 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
1972-04-24 09:57:21 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 22 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1975-06-10 13:47:14 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1976-01-21 10:05:24 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 41 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1978-12-23 11:23:12 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 33 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1980-02-23 05:51:03 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 44 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1964-05-07 07:58:15 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 20 km depth
Noshiromachi, Akita, Japan
1965-06-11 03:33:47 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 40 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1968-05-20 21:09:46 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 28 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1968-06-12 13:41:53 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 32 km depth
Yamada, Iwate, Japan
1969-01-19 07:02:09 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 244 km depth
Mombetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
1969-04-21 07:19:28 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 38 km depth
Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan
1970-07-25 22:41:14 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 45 km depth
Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan
1958-11-12 20:23:33 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1959-01-22 05:10:32 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 35 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1960-03-23 00:23:28 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
1961-01-16 12:12:30 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 30 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
1961-07-18 14:03:41 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 30 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
1963-10-12 11:27:00 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 37 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

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