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Natural Disasters in Japan

502 significant events · page 1/9

Significant natural disasters recorded within Japan, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1891 CEEarthquake — Japan, Mino-Owari (Ms 8.4)· 7,273 deaths
  2. 2.1897 CEEarthquake — Japan (M 8.3)
  3. 3.1586 CEEarthquake — Japan, Ise Bay (Ms 8.2)· 8,000 deaths
  4. 4.1703 CEEarthquake — Japan, Off Sw Boso Peninsula (Ms 8.2)· 5,233 deaths
  5. 5.1944 CEEarthquake — 1944 Toankai Earthquake (Mw 8.1)
  6. 6.1941 CEEarthquake — 1941 Hyuganada Earthquake (Mw 8.02)
  7. 7.1923 CEEarthquake — 5 km SSE of ?iso, Japan (Mw 7.96)
  8. 8.1923 CEEarthquake — Japan, Tokyo, Yokohama (Mw 7.9)· 105,385 deaths
  9. 9.1909 CEEarthquake — Japan, Kyushu (M 7.9)
  10. 10.818 CEEarthquake — Japan, Tokkaido (Ms 7.9)
  11. 11.745 CEEarthquake — Japan, Mino (Ms 7.9)
  12. 12.1923 CEEarthquake — 5 km E of Tateyama, Japan (Mw 7.85)
  13. 13.1905 CEEarthquake — Japan, Aki (Ms 7.8)· 11 deaths
  14. 14.1973 CEEarthquake — Japan, Hokkaido Island (Ms 7.7)· 27 deaths
  15. 15.1973 CEEarthquake — 19 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan (Ms 7.7)
  16. 16.1923 CEEarthquake — Japan, Near S Coast Honshu (Ms 7.7)
  17. 17.1614 CEEarthquake — Japan, Niigata Prefecture (Ms 7.7)
  18. 18.1938 CEEarthquake — 35 km N of Hirara, Japan (Mw 7.66)
  19. 19.1964 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: W Coast (Mw 7.6)· 36 deaths
  20. 20.1993 CEEarthquake — Japan, Hokkadio, Kushiro, Hachinohe, Honshu (Mw 7.6)· 2 deaths
  21. 21.1993 CEEarthquake — 52 km NE of Otofuke, Japan (Mw 7.6)
  22. 22.1964 CEEarthquake — 27 km NW of Murakami, Japan (Mw 7.6)
  23. 23.1961 CEEarthquake — 18 km NNE of Nichinan, Japan (Mw 7.54)
  24. 24.1026 CEEarthquake — Japan, Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture (Ms 7.5)· 1,001 deaths
  25. 25.2024 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: Ishikawa (Mw 7.5)· 549 deaths
  26. 26.1894 CEEarthquake — Japan, Tokyo (Ms 7.5)· 24 deaths
  27. 27.1931 CEEarthquake — Japan, Kyushu (M 7.5)· 1 deaths
  28. 28.2024 CEEarthquake — 2024 Noto Peninsula, Japan Earthquake (Mww 7.5)
  29. 29.1909 CEEarthquake — 18 km SE of Honmachi, Japan (mb 7.5)
  30. 30.1905 CEEarthquake — Japan, Hokkaido (M 7.5)
  31. 31.1498 CEEarthquake — Japan, Nankaido (Ms 7.5)
  32. 32.1847 CEEarthquake — Japan, Zenkoji, Nagano (Ms 7.4)· 12,000 deaths
  33. 33.1943 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: S (M 7.4)· 1,400 deaths
  34. 34.1872 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: Sw (Ms 7.4)· 804 deaths
  35. 35.2003 CEEarthquake — 119 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan (Mwc 7.4)
  36. 36.1769 CEEarthquake — Sw. Kyushu Island, Japan (Ms 7.4)
  37. 37.878 CEEarthquake — Japan, Kanagawa (M 7.4)
  38. 38.1923 CEEarthquake — 22 km N of Nishinoomote, Japan (Mw 7.37)
  39. 39.1948 CEEarthquake — Japan, Fukui (M 7.3)· 5,131 deaths
  40. 40.1927 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: Sw (Ms 7.3)· 3,022 deaths
  41. 41.1804 CEEarthquake — Japan, Kisakata (Ms 7.3)· 450 deaths
  42. 42.1961 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: W Coast (M 7.3)· 10 deaths
  43. 43.1905 CEEarthquake — 22 km ESE of Makubetsu, Japan (mb 7.3)
  44. 44.1782 CEEarthquake — Tokaido, Japan (Ms 7.3)
  45. 45.1913 CEEarthquake — 29 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan (Mw 7.21)
  46. 46.1914 CEEarthquake — Japan, Senhoku (Ms 7.2)· 94 deaths
  47. 47.1905 CEEarthquake — 38 km SSW of Shimoda, Japan (Ms 7.2)
  48. 48.1602 CEEarthquake — Japan, Boso (Ms 7.2)
  49. 49.1939 CEEarthquake — 28 km W of Tenn?, Japan (Mw 7.19)
  50. 50.1293 CEEarthquake — Japan, Kamakura (Ms 7.1)· 23,024 deaths
  51. 51.1945 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: S (Ms 7.1)· 2,306 deaths
  52. 52.1930 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: Idu (Ms 7.1)· 259 deaths
  53. 53.1495 CEEarthquake — Japan, Kamakura (Ms 7.1)· 200 deaths
  54. 54.1633 CEEarthquake — Japan, Odawara (Ms 7.1)· 150 deaths
  55. 55.1914 CEEarthquake — Japan, Sakurijima (Ms 7.1)· 63 deaths
  56. 56.2011 CEEarthquake — Japan, Near E Coast Honshu (Mw 7.1)· 3 deaths
  57. 57.2024 CEEarthquake — Japan, Miyazaki (Mw 7.1)
  58. 58.2024 CEEarthquake — 2024 Hyuganada Sea, Japan Earthquake (Mww 7.1)
  59. 59.2011 CEEarthquake — 29 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan (Mww 7.1)
  60. 60.1962 CEEarthquake — 62 km SE of Obihiro, Japan (Mw 7.1)

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