- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 7, 1927 CE
- Location:
- Japan, Honshu: Sw
- Magnitude:
- 7.3 Ms
- Depth:
- 10 km
- Deaths:
- 3,022
- Injuries:
- 3,295
- Damage:
- ~$40M (value at the time)
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.53
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.92
Other earthquake records of 1927 CE
- China, Gansu Province · Mw 7.7 · 40,912 deaths
- Israel / Jordan, Damiya · Ms 6.3 · 268 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Donggala · Mw 6.2 · 50 deaths
- Taiwan · M 6.8 · 30 deaths
- Ukraine, Crimea: Sebastopol · Ms 6.8 · 11 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Xinping · Ms 5 · 7 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1927 CE Earthquake — Japan, Honshu: Sw happen?
- March 7, 1927 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 3,022. Historical death tolls vary by source.