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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:

1947-11-04 00:09:14 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan
1951-10-22 05:43:07 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 20 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1939-10-10 18:31:59 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 20 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
1939-04-21 04:29:07 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 530 km depth
Sovetskaya Gavan’, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
1939-05-01 05:58:30 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Tennō, Akita, Japan
1940-08-13 15:36:47 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hiratachō, Shimane, Japan
1943-09-10 08:37:00 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan
1927-03-07 09:27:42 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan
1927-08-05 21:12:58 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 35 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1928-03-29 05:06:05 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 405 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan
1935-10-12 16:45:24 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
1935-12-17 19:17:35 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
1935-04-20 22:02:01 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan
1935-09-04 01:37:44 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1921-04-02 09:36:53 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
1922-10-14 23:46:52 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Daxi, Taiwan, Taiwan
1923-07-13 11:13:41 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 35 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
1924-08-14 18:02:41 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
1925-04-16 19:52:41 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Hengchun, Taiwan, Taiwan
1915-11-01 07:23:53 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 30 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
2016-04-15 16:25:06 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
2020-02-13 10:33:44 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 144 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
2021-03-20 09:09:45 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 54 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2009-04-07 04:23:33 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 31 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
2011-11-08 02:59:08 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 224 km depth
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
2012-03-14 09:08:35 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 12 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
2013-02-02 14:17:35 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 107 km depth
Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
2006-12-26 12:34:13 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hengchun, Taiwan, Taiwan
2008-05-07 16:45:18 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 27 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
2008-05-07 16:45:00 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 27 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan

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