December 1403 Earthquake: Kumanonada, Japan
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Kumanonada, Japan in December 1403. 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
- December 1403
- Place
- Kumanonada, Japan
- Magnitude
- 7 (Ms)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 33.700° N, 136.500° E
- Country
- Japan
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
There was an earthquake on the coast of Kumano-Nada. The epicenter was at sea. There was a tsunami on the southern coast of Kii Peninsula and at Kamakura. [33.7 N, 136.5 E; M=7, m=1]. (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
- September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, Japan
- October 28, 1707, Nankaido, Japan
- February 3, 1605, Nankaido, 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
- February 3, 1605, Enshunada, Japan
- December 23, 1854, Enshunada Sea, Japan
- August 3, 1361, Nankaido, Japan
- December 17, 1096, Enshunada, 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 5944.