Biggest Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
15 earthquakes in the past 7 days
51 earthquakes in the past 30 days
650 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

this week: 6.2 in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
this month: 6.2 in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
this year: 7.1 in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

101 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Tateyama, Chiba, Japan

110 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 30 km depth
Severo-Kuril’sk, Sakhalin, Russia

14 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 18 km depth
Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan

12 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 583 km depth
Poronaysk, Sakhalin, Russia

25 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 33 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan

31 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 16 km depth
Iwanai, Hokkaido, Japan

51 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 48 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan

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

75 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 329 km depth
Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia

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

86 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan

86 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 15 km depth
Takahagi, Ibaraki, Japan

86 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 20 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan

94 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Takahagi, Ibaraki, Japan

33 years ago 7.6 magnitude, 24 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

32 years ago 7.6 magnitude, 102 km depth
Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan

47 years ago 7.6 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

60 years ago 7.6 magnitude, 15 km depth
Murakami, Niigata, Japan

86 years ago 7.6 magnitude, 25 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan

26 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 33 km depth
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan

47 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

59 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 30 km depth
Yonakuni, Okinawa, Japan

57 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 34 km depth
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan

55 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 25 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia

68 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 66 km depth
Shisui, Chiba, Japan

64 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan

73 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 25 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan

86 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 20 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan

84 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Rishiri Town, Hokkaido, Japan

93 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan

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