July 12, 1676 Earthquake: Tuwano, Japan
An earthquake struck Tuwano, Japan on July 12, 1676. It killed 7 people.
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
- July 12, 1676
- Place
- Tuwano, Japan
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.500° N, 132.000° E
- Country
- Japan
The toll
- Deaths
- 7
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 10, 1943, S, Honshu, Japan
- June 16, 1026, Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
- December 20, 1711, Seionaikai, Japan
- March 14, 1872, SW, Honshu, Japan
- September 4, 1596, Beppu Bay, Japan
- September 10, 1597, Beppu Bay, Japan
- June 2, 1905, Aki, Japan
- March 19, 1711, Mimasaka, Japan
- March 24, 2001, Hiroshima, Okayama, Honshu, Kagama, Japan
- March 20, 2005, Fukuoka, Genkai, Kyushu, Japan
- June 3, 1978, Hiroshima, S Honshu, Japan
- March 13, 2014, Southwestern, Japan
- April 8, 2018, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
- August 5, 1968, Seikaido-Nankaido, Japan
- December 22, 1698, Seikaido-Nankaido, 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 1073.