August 15, 1331 Earthquake: Sagami, Japan

Name: August 15, 1331 Earthquake: Sagami, Japan
Start: 1331-08-15
Location: Sagami, Japan

August 15, 1331 · M7

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Sagami, Japan on August 15, 1331. It caused a tsunami.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: August 15, 1331
Place: Sagami, Japan
Magnitude: 7 (Ms)
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Epicenter: 33.700° N, 135.200° E
Country: Japan

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 6,434 deaths · $100 billion · 186,175 houses destroyed · 100 km
October 28, 1707, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 5,000 deaths · 77,000 houses destroyed · 67 km
February 3, 1605, Nankaido, JapanM7.9 · 5,000 deaths · 400 houses destroyed · 83 km
December 24, 1854, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 3,000 deaths · 20,000 houses destroyed · 69 km
December 20, 1946, S Coast, Honshu, JapanM8.3 · 1,362 deaths · 11,661 houses destroyed · 92 km
July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan1,352 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed · 162 km
December 7, 1944, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula, JapanM8.1 · 1,223 deaths · 29,205 houses destroyed · 179 km
December 20, 1711, Seionaikai, JapanM6.7 · 1,000 deaths · 1,713 houses destroyed · 129 km
August 3, 1361, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 660 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 80 km
August 19, 1830, Kyoto, Japan280 deaths · 162 km
June 17, 2018, Osaka, JapanM5.5 · 5 deaths · $7 billion · 131 km
September 20, 1498, Nankaido, JapanM7.5 · 22 km
August 8, 1808, E. Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, JapanM6.5 · 43 km
February 27, 1671, Nankaido, JapanM6.9 · 57 km
April 17, 1948, Tokaido, Japan76 km

Significant earthquakes of 1331 The 1300s Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5941.