June 16, 1647 Earthquake: Japan

Date

June 16, 1647

Place

Japan

Magnitude

6.4

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.000° N, 140.000° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

• September 1, 1923, Tokyo, Yokohama, JapanM7.9 · 105,385 deaths · $600 million · 695,000 houses destroyed · 110 km
• May 27, 1293, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 23,024 deaths · 104 km
• November 11, 1855, Tokyo, JapanM7 · 6,757 deaths · 50,000 houses destroyed · 43 km
• December 30, 1703, Off SW Boso Peninsula, JapanM8.2 · 5,233 deaths · 20,162 houses destroyed · 111 km
• September 27, 1611, Aidu, Japan3,700 deaths · 167 km
• December 18, 1828, Sandyo IN Etigo, Japan1,443 deaths · 11,750 houses destroyed · 173 km
• November 4, 1677, Off SE. Boso Peninsula, JapanM7.4 · 500 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 176 km
• November 25, 1930, Idu, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 259 deaths · 8,099 houses destroyed · 143 km
• July 29, 1649, Tokyo, Japan200 deaths · 56 km
• September 12, 1495, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 200 deaths · 110 km
• March 1, 1633, Odawara, JapanM7.1 · 150 deaths · 115 km
• March 11, 1853, Odawara, Japan79 deaths · 72 km
• October 23, 2004, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 68 deaths · $28 billion · 3,175 houses destroyed · 175 km
• April 28, 1714, Oomati, Japan56 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 188 km
• April 21, 1659, Aidu, Japan39 deaths · 167 km

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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 972.