April 21, 1659 Earthquake: Aidu, Japan

Date

April 21, 1659

Place

Aidu, Japan

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.500° N, 140.000° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

39

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

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.

• May 8, 1847, Zenkoji, Nagano, JapanM7.4 · 12,000 deaths · 34,000 houses destroyed · 186 km
• September 27, 1611, Aidu, Japan3,700 deaths · 0 km
• May 20, 1751, NW, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 2,100 deaths · 9,100 houses destroyed · 171 km
• August 2, 887, Niigata, Honshu, JapanM6.5 · 2,000 deaths · 168 km
• February 1, 1666, Takata, Japan1,500 deaths · 186 km
• December 18, 1828, Sandyo IN Etigo, Japan1,443 deaths · 11,750 houses destroyed · 44 km
• July 10, 1804, Kisakata, JapanM7.3 · 450 deaths · 10,810 houses destroyed · 172 km
• March 15, 1914, Senhoku, JapanM7.2 · 94 deaths · 640 houses destroyed · 190 km
• December 7, 1833, NW, Honshu, JapanM7.4 · 85 deaths · 1,140 houses destroyed · 172 km
• October 23, 2004, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 68 deaths · $28 billion · 3,175 houses destroyed · 112 km
• June 16, 1964, W Coast, Honshu, JapanM7.6 · 36 deaths · $800 million · 3,557 houses destroyed · 119 km
• June 12, 1978, Sanriku, JapanM7.7 · 28 deaths · $865 million · 194 km
• June 13, 2008, Tokyo, Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 23 deaths · 187 km
• December 9, 1802, Sado Island, Ogi, NW Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 19 deaths · 1,060 houses destroyed · 151 km
• September 21, 1931, Honshu, JapanM7 · 16 deaths · 171 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 1010.