- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 29, 1763 CE
- Location:
- Japan, Sanriku, Mutsu
- Magnitude:
- 7.4 Ms
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.4
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.8
Other earthquake records of 1763 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.5 · 1,000 deaths
- Hungary, Gyor, Czechoslovakia: Komarom · M 6.2 · 83 deaths
- Indonesia, Bandaneira · 7 deaths
- France · Mw 4.1
- N. Sanriku, Japan · Ms 7.8
- Japan, Sanriku: Hachinohe · Ms 7.1
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 1763 CE Earthquake — Japan, Sanriku, Mutsu happen?
- January 29, 1763 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.