Yesterday: 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Biggest Earthquakes Near Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan

14 years ago 9.0 magnitude, 29 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

92 years ago 8.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Yamada, Iwate, Japan

21 years ago 8.3 magnitude, 27 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

56 years ago 8.2 magnitude, 29 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

61 years ago 8.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

30 years ago 8.3 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia

66 years ago 8.4 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

73 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 45 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

101 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

65 years ago 8.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan

78 years ago 8.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

56 years ago 7.9 magnitude, 25 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan

14 years ago 7.9 magnitude, 42 km depth
Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan

94 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

30 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 26 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan

86 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

71 years ago 7.9 magnitude, 25 km depth
Katsuura, Chiba, Japan

80 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

46 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 44 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

86 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan