This is a list of earthquakes in Japan with either a magnitude greater than or equal to 7.0 or which caused significant damage or casualties. As indicated below, magnitude is measured on the Richter scale ( M L ) or the moment magnitude scale ( M w ), or the surface wave magnitude scale ( M s ) for very old earthquakes.

2011年4月8日 · Japan has had two earthquakes with staggering death tolls of more than 100,000 people. The Genroku earthquake of 1703 was only a magnitude 8.0, but along with its tsunami it killed more than...

2015年6月5日 · The biggest earthquake ever to strike inland Japan (magnitude 8.0). Over 140,000 homes were destroyed. Newspapers at the time reported "Gifu Prefecture is Gone".

2025年1月14日 · Japan’s Biggest Earthquakes. The strongest earthquake in Japan’s recorded history occurred on March 11, 2011. The 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck 130 kilometres east of Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region. The earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people and caused a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima.

The strongest earthquake in Japan happened on 03/11/2011 in the Honshu region with a magnitude of 9.1 on the Richter scale. The shifting of tectonic plates in a depth of 24 km resulted in 1475 deaths.

On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 JST (05:46:24 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami.

2023年11月18日 · List of largest quakes on record in Japan: Since 1900, Japan has had 1 quake of magnitude 9.1, 13 quakes between 8.0 and 9.0, 150 quakes between 7.0 and 8.0, and 1148 quakes between 6.0 and 7.0.

The largest earthquake in Japan: today: 4.9 in Shimo-furano , Hokkaido , Japan this week: 5.4 in Naze , Kagoshima , Japan

On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The earthquake struck below the North Pacific, 130 kilometers (81 miles) east of Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region, a northern part of the island of Honshu. The Tohoku earthquake caused a …

2021年3月11日 · The deadly earthquake was the largest magnitude ever recorded in Japan and the third-largest in the world since 1900. The 2011 event resulted from thrust faulting on the subduction zone plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.