M7.6 earthquake 27 km NW of Murakami, Japan
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck 27 km NW of Murakami, Japan on Tue, Jun 16, 1964, 1:01 PM JST (04:01 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.6 (mw), major
- Local time
- UTC
- 1964-06-16 04:01:41 UTC
- Depth
- 15.5 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.384° N, 139.232° E
- Region
- Japan
- Strongest shaking
- VII, very strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 4322), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 36
- Injuries
- 385
- Damage
- $800 million
- Houses destroyed
- 3,557
- Houses damaged
- 12,237
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VII, very strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 26.3% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 3.7 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Landslide alert
- Orange
- Liquefaction alert
- Red
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 4.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.755 km W of Tsuruoka, Japan · 22749 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 6.552 km W of Tsuruoka, Japan · 22749 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 6.220 km NNW of Murakami, Japan · 22749 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.631 km WNW of Tsuruoka, Japan · 22746 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 6.043 km NNW of Murakami, Japan · 22724 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem866844 (also filed as atlas19640616040140). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.