November 22, 1360 Earthquake: Kumanonada, Japan
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Kumanonada, Japan on November 22, 1360. It caused a tsunami.
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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
- November 22, 1360
- Place
- Kumanonada, Japan
- Magnitude
- 7 (Ms)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 33.400° N, 136.200° E
- Country
- Japan
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000) with its tsunami and other effects
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Nov 22, 1360, 33.4 N, 135.2 E, magnitude 7. An earthquake occurred in Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures. The epicenter was located at sea near Kii Strait. The first shock occurred on November 21. The second earthquake, at about midnight on the 22nd, caused a tsunami, which was observed at dawn on the 23rd on the coast of Wakayama Prefecture and in Osaka Bay. There were many victims. [33.4 N, 135. 2 E; M=7, m=2.5]. (reference #414)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 18, 1586, Ise Bay, Japan
- January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, Japan
- February 3, 1605, Nankaido, Japan
- October 28, 1707, Nankaido, Japan
- September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, Japan
- December 24, 1854, Nankaido, Japan
- January 12, 1945, S, Honshu, Japan
- October 28, 1707, Enshunada, Japan
- December 20, 1946, S Coast, Honshu, Japan
- July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan
- December 7, 1944, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula, Japan
- December 23, 1854, Enshunada Sea, Japan
- August 3, 1361, Nankaido, Japan
- December 17, 1096, Enshunada, Japan
- August 19, 1830, Kyoto, Japan
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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 6003.