List of earthquakes in Japan

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Plate movements around Japan
Ansei Edo earthquake, 1855

Earthquakes are common in Japan . The cause is the movement of the tectonic plates in the lithosphere , which meet in the vicinity of Japan. The Japanese trench is one of the consequences of subduction . In particular, there is concern about an earthquake in Tokyo . The Tōhoku earthquake of March 11, 2011 is considered to be the worst earthquake in Japan to date .

On average, there are 73 earthquakes with magnitude 4 or higher in Japan per month, of which 9 with a magnitude 5 or higher and 1.4 with a magnitude 6 or higher.

Events

The severe earthquakes (with a magnitude ≥ 7 or with more than 100 deaths or of historical importance from the point of view of the US authorities or Japanese authorities) included:

designation Japanese name Date (UTC) Magnitude Highest
Intensity
( Shindo ) 		Fatalities
Jōgan earthquake 869 (with tsunami) 貞 観 地震 0July 9, 869 8.1-8.4 M W , 8.6 M S over 1,000
Keichō-Sanriku earthquake 1611 (with tsunami) 慶 長 三 陸 地震 0Dec 2, 1611 8.1 M W over 5,000
Genroku earthquake 1703 元 禄 地震 Dec. 31, 1703 over 5,000
Hōei earthquake 1707 宝 永 地震 Oct 28, 1707 over 5,000
Ansei Nankai earthquake, 1854 安 政 南海 地震 Dec. 24, 1854 over 10,000
Ansei Edo earthquake, 1855 安 政 江 戸 地震 Nov 11, 1855 000000000006641.00000000006,641
Hamada earthquake 1872 (with tsunami) 浜 田 地震 14 Mar 1872 7.1 about 000000000000550.0000000000550
Mino Owari earthquake 1891 (Nōbi earthquake) 濃 尾 地震 Oct 28, 1891 8.0 000000000007273.00000000007,273
Shonai earthquake, 1894 庄内 地震 Oct. 22, 1894 7.0 000000000000726.0000000000726
Meiji-Sanriku earthquake 1896 (with tsunami) 明治 三 陸 地震 June 15, 1896 8.2 / 8.5 000000000021959.000000000021,959
陸羽 地震 Aug 31, 1896 7.2 000000000000209.0000000000209
Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 東 地震 （関 東 大 震災） 0Sep 1 1923 7.9 about 105,000
Northern Tajima earthquake in 1925 北 但 馬 地震 May 23, 1925 6.8 000000000000428.0000000000428
Northern Tango earthquake 1927 (with tsunami) 北 丹 後 地震 07th Mar 1927 7.3 000000000002925.00000000002,925
Northern Izu earthquake in 1930 北 伊豆 地震 Nov. 26, 1930 7.3 000000000000272.0000000000272
Shōwa-Sanriku earthquake 1933 (with tsunami) 昭和 三 陸 地震 02nd Mar 1933 8.1 5 000000000003064.00000000003,064
Tottori earthquake in 1943 鳥取 地震 Sep 10 1943 7.2 / 7.4 6th 000000000001083.00000000001,083
Tōnankai earthquake 1944 (with tsunami) 東 南海 地震 0December 7, 1944 7.9 / 8.1 6th 000000000001223.00000000001,223 (exact number unknown) / 1251
Mikawa earthquake in 1945 (with tsunami) 三河 地震 Jan. 13, 1945 6.8 / 7.1 5 000000000002306.00000000002,306
Nankai earthquake 1946 (with tsunami) 南海 地震 Dec 20, 1946 8.0 / 8.1 5 000000000001330.00000000001.330 / 1443
Fukui earthquake in 1948 福井 地震 June 28, 1948 7.1 / 7.3 6th 000000000003769.00000000003,769
Earthquake off Tokachi in 1952 十勝 沖 地震 04th Mar 1952 8.2 000000000000033.000000000033
Great Chile earthquake in 1960 (with tsunami) チ リ 地震 津 波 May 23, 1960 9.5 000000000000142.0000000000142 (in Japan)
Northern Mino earthquake in 1961 北美 濃 地震 Aug 19, 1961 7.0 000000000000008.00000000008th
Niigata earthquake in 1964 (with tsunami) 新潟 地震 June 16, 1964 7.5 5 000000000000026.000000000026th
Hyūga-nada earthquake (with tsunami) 1968 年 日 向 灘 地震 0Apr 1, 1968 7.5 000000000000001.00000000001
Earthquake off Tokachi 1968 (with tsunami) 1968 年 十勝 沖 地震 May 16, 1968 7.9 000000000000052.000000000052
Earthquake off the peninsula Izu 1974 (with tsunami) 1974 年 伊豆 半島 沖 地震 0May 9, 1974 6.9 000000000000030.000000000030th
Earthquake near Izu-Ōshima (with tsunami) 1978 年 伊豆 大 島 近海 の 地震 Jan. 14, 1978 7.0 000000000000025.000000000025th
Miyagi earthquake 1978 (with tsunami) 1978 年 宮城 県 沖 地震 June 12, 1978 7.4 5 000000000000028.000000000028
Earthquake in the Sea of ​​Japan 1983 (with tsunami) 日本海 中部 地震 May 26, 1983 7.7 5 000000000000104.0000000000104
Earthquake in Nagano Prefecture (Ōtaki earthquake) 和 59 年 （1984 年） 長野 県 西部 地震 Sep 14 1984 6.8 000000000000029.000000000029
1993 Hokkaido earthquake (with tsunami) 平 成 5 年 （1993 年） 北海道 南西 沖 地震 July 12, 1993 7.8 000000000000230.0000000000230
Kuril earthquake 1994 (with tsunami) 平 成 6 年 （1994 年） 北海道 東方 沖 地震 0Oct. 4, 1994 8.2 no
Earthquake off Sanriku 1994 (with tsunami) 平 成 6 年 （1994 年） 三 陸 は る か 沖 地震 Dec 28, 1994 7.6 000000000000003.00000000003
1995 Kobe earthquake (with tsunami) 阪神 ・ 淡 路 大 震災 Jan. 17, 1995 7.3 / 6.9 M w 7th 000000000006437.00000000006,437
2001 Geiyo earthquake 平 成 13 年 （2001 年） 芸 予 地震 24 Mar 2001 (JST) 6.7 M j 6 weak 000000000000002.00000000002
Earthquake off Tokachi 2003 (with tsunami) 平 成 15 年 （2003 年） 十勝 沖 地震 26 Sep 2003 (JST) 8.0 M j 6 weak 000000000000002.00000000002
2004 Chūetsu earthquake 平 成 16 年 （2004 年） 新潟 県 中 越 地震 Oct 23, 2004 6.8 / 6.6 M w 7th 000000000000068.000000000068
Earthquake on the Noto Peninsula 2007 (with tsunami) 平 成 19 年 （2007 年） 能 登 半島 地震 25th Mar 2007 6.9 / 6.7 M w 6 strong 000000000000001.00000000001
Niigata Chūetsu coastal earthquake 2007 (with tsunami) 平 成 19 年 （2007 年） 新潟 県 中 越 沖 地震 July 16, 2007 6.8 / 6.8 M w 6 strong 000000000000015.000000000015th
2008 Iwate earthquake 岩手 ・ 宮城 内陸 地震 June 14, 2008 7.2 / 6.9 M w 6 strong 000000000000023.000000000023
Tōhoku earthquake 2011 (Great East Japan earthquake) (with tsunami) 東北 地方 太平洋 沖 地震 11th Mar 2011 9.0 M w 7th 22,199
2016 Kumamoto earthquake 熊 本 地震 Apr 14, 2016 (foreshock)
Apr 16, 2016 (UTC) 		6.5 M j (preliminary tremor)
7.3 M j (main tremor) 		267
Hokkaidō East Iburi Earthquake Hokkaidō Iburi tōbu jishin
北海道 胆 振 東部 地震 		06 Sep 2018 (JST) 6.7 M j 7 (in Atsuma ) 43

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Earthquake and tsunami in Japan: More than a thousand people killed In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. March 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ Supplementary Information to the Evaluation of Seismic Activity for January 2011. Earthquake Research Committee, February 9, 2011, accessed on March 12, 2011 .
  3. ↑ DGDC (National Geophysical Datacenter, NOAA) database
  4. ↑ a b c d Historical earthquakes in Japan according to the USGS (US Geological Survey) database: List of historical earthquakes in Japan since 1891 ( Memento from July 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ a b c d Kishō-chō / JMA: List of earthquakes and tsunami in / off Japan with more than 100 dead or missing from 1868 to 1995 ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , with dead or injured people since 1996 ( memento of the original dated December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Japanese). The intensities before 1925 given in brackets are transfers of the four-level intensity scale used in earthquake reports at that time. The subdivision of levels 5 and 6 was only introduced in 1995/96. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Anawat Suppasri, Nobuo Shuto, Fumihiko Imamura, Shunichi Koshimura, Erick Mas, Ahmet Cevdet Yalciner: Lessons Learned from the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami: Performance of Tsunami Countermeasures, Coastal Buildings, and Tsunami Evacuation in Japan . In: Pure and Applied Geophysics . tape 170 , no. 6-8 , 2013, pp. 993-1018 , doi : 10.1007 / s00024-012-0511-7 . (Published online July 7, 2012).
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx 東 日本 大 震災 記録 集 ( Memento from March 23, 2018 on WebCite ) , 総 務 省 消防 庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), March 2013, here in Chapter 3 (第 3 章 災害 の 概要) the subchapter 3.4 (3.4過去 の 大 災害 と の 比較) ( PDF ( memento from March 23, 2018 on WebCite )), diagram 図 3.4-1: "国内 の 自然 災害 に よ る 死者 ・ 行 方 不明 者 数", as of September 11, 2012, with Reference to the Cabinet Office ("内閣 府 平 成 24 年 版 防災 白 書 の 図 を 基 に 1） の 消防 庁 デ ー タ タ で 再 作成"), Diagram 3.4-2: "日本 国内 の 過去 の 主 な 地震 や 津 波 に よ る る的被害 ".
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax White Paper on Disaster Management 2018 ( Memento from December 15, 2018 on WebCite ) (PDF, approx. 237 pages), Cabinet Office Japan / 内閣 府, Disaster Management in Japan, http://www.bousai.go.jp (Cabinet Office Japan / 内閣 府), Disaster Management in Japan, here: p. A-5, Fig. A-5 "Major Earthquake Damage in Japan (Since the Meiji Period)". Access via website: " White paper on Disaster Management ".
  9. ↑ Historic Earthquakes Sanriku, Japan ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  10. ↑ Historic Earthquakes Tonankai. Japan ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  11. ↑ Historic Earthquakes ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  12. ↑ Historic Earthquakes ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  13. ↑ Kishō-chō, Niigata chihō kishōdai (English: Japan Meteorological Agency, Niigata Local Meteorogical Observatory ): 新潟 県 の 地震 (津 波) 災害 (Japanese: "Earthquake (and tsunami) disasters in Niigata Prefecture")
  14. ↑ Kishō-chō, Akita chihō kishōdai (English: Japan Meteorological Agency, Akita Local Meteorogical Observatory ): 1978 年 宮城 県 沖 地震 (Japanese: "Earthquake in front of Miyagi Prefecture 1978")
  15. ↑ Background: Severe earthquakes in Japan. In: stern.de. March 11, 2011; Archived from the original on April 1, 2011 ; Retrieved April 1, 2011 .
  16. ↑ Historic Tsunamis: 1983 Sea of ​​Japan Earthquake (日本海 中部 地震) in the English language Wikipedia
  17. ↑ 1983 Sea of Japan earthquake hp1039.jishin.go.jp undated , last accessed April 15, 2016.
  18. ↑ Historic Earthquakes Kobe, Japan ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  19. ↑ Historic Earthquakes ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on December 18, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  20. ↑ Historic Earthquakes ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on December 18, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  21. ↑ Magnitude 6.8 - SEA OF JAPAN ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  22. ↑ Magnitude 6.9 - EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN ( English ) United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  23. ↑ Magnitude 9.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN ( English ) United States Geological Survey . March 12, 2011. Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  24. ↑ White Paper on Disaster Management 2018 ( Memento from December 15, 2018 on WebCite ) (PDF, approx. 237 pages), Cabinet Office Japan / 内閣 府, Disaster Management in Japan, http://www.bousai.go.jp (Cabinet Office Japan / 内閣 府), Disaster Management in Japan, here: p. A-5, Fig. A-5 "Major Earthquake Damage in Japan (Since the Meiji Period)", p. A-6, Fig. A -6 "Major Natural Disaster in Japan Since 1945". Access via website: " White paper on Disaster Management ". Data status: Details of the dead (including the so-called "disaster-related fatalities") and missing persons from the earthquake and tsunami as of March 1, 2018. With the expression "disaster-related deaths", the Reconstruction Agency officially has a category for defines those cases in which death was the result of indirect damage caused by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Source: Haruka Toda, Shuhei Nomura, Stuart Gilmour, Masaharu Tsubokura, Tomoyoshi Oikawa, Kiwon Lee, Grace Y. Kiyabu, Kenji Shibuya: Assessment of medium-term cardiovascular disease risk after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: a retrospective analysis . In : BMJ Open . Band 7 , no. December 12 , 2017, p. 1–9 , doi : 10.1136 / bmjopen-2017-018502 . (Published online December 22, 2017); License: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0).)
  25. ↑ 平 成 23 年 (2011 年) 東北 地方 太平洋 沖 地震 （東 日本 大 震災） に つ い て (第 157 報) ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite )), 総 務 省 消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), 157th report, March 7, 2018.
  26. ↑ White Paper on Disaster Management 2018 ( Memento from December 15, 2018 on WebCite ) (PDF, approx. 237 pages), Cabinet Office Japan / 内閣 府, Disaster Management in Japan, http://www.bousai.go.jp (Cabinet Office Japan / 内閣 府), Disaster Management in Japan, here: p. A-5, Fig. A-5 "Major Earthquake Damage in Japan (Since the Meiji Period)", p. A-6, Fig. A -6 "Major Natural Disaster in Japan Since 1945". Access via website: " White paper on Disaster Management ". Data status: Information on the dead and missing as of April 13, 2018 (including the so-called "disaster-related fatalities"). With the expression "disaster-related deaths", the Reconstruction Agency officially defined a category for cases in which the death was the result of indirect damage caused by earthquakes, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Source: Haruka Toda, Shuhei Nomura, Stuart Gilmour, Masaharu Tsubokura, Tomoyoshi Oikawa, Kiwon Lee, Grace Y. Kiyabu, Kenji Shibuya: Assessment of medium-term cardiovascular disease risk after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: a retrospective analysis . In : BMJ Open . Band 7 , no. December 12 , 2017, p. 1–9 , doi : 10.1136 / bmjopen-2017-018502 . (Published online December 22, 2017); License: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0).)
  27. ↑ orf.at At least nine deaths in earthquakes in Japan, orf.at, April 15, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016.
  28. ↑ orf.at Number of dead in Japan is increasing: 20,000 soldiers dispatched to the Kyushu region, orf.at, April 16, 2016, accessed April 16, 2016. - April 16. 1:25 am local time
  29. ↑ a b 平 成 30 年 北海道 胆 振 東部 地震 に よ る 被害 及 び 消防 機関 等 の 対 応 状況 （第 31 報 H30.10.5） ( Memento from October 6, 2018 on WebCite ) , 総 務 省 消防 庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), 31. Damage report, October 5, 2018.
  30. ↑ White Paper on Disaster Management 2019 ( en , PDF; 21.7 MB) Cabinet Office Japan (内閣 府), Disaster Management in Japan. S. A-5, Fig. A-5 "Major Earthquake Damage in Japan (Since the Meiji Period)". Archived from the original on May 14, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020. Accessed via website: " White Paper on Disaster Management "
  31. ↑ 平 成 30 年 09 月 06 日 平 成 30 年 北海道 胆 振 東部 地震 に よ る 被害 及 び 消防 機関 等 の 対 応 状況 （第 35 報 R1.8.20） ( jp , PDF; 192 KB) 総 務 省 消防 庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency ). Pp. 1-3. August 20, 2019. Archived from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved on May 16, 2020. [35. Damage report]. Access via website: " 平 成 30 年 災害 情報 一 覧 "