December 4, 1732 Earthquake: Kujukuri Beach, Japan

Date

December 4, 1732

Place

Kujukuri Beach, Japan

Magnitude

6.5 (Ms)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

35.200° N, 140.800° E

Country

Japan

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

• September 1, 1923, Tokyo, Yokohama, JapanM7.9 · 105,385 deaths · $600 million · 695,000 houses destroyed · 119 km
• May 27, 1293, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 23,024 deaths · 127 km
• November 11, 1855, Tokyo, JapanM7 · 6,757 deaths · 50,000 houses destroyed · 104 km
• December 30, 1703, Off SW Boso Peninsula, JapanM8.2 · 5,233 deaths · 20,162 houses destroyed · 76 km
• November 4, 1677, Off SE. Boso Peninsula, JapanM7.4 · 500 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 67 km
• November 25, 1930, Idu, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 259 deaths · 8,099 houses destroyed · 165 km
• July 29, 1649, Tokyo, Japan200 deaths · 80 km
• September 12, 1495, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 200 deaths · 119 km
• March 1, 1633, Odawara, JapanM7.1 · 150 deaths · 145 km
• March 11, 1853, Odawara, Japan79 deaths · 123 km
• January 14, 1978, Tokkaido, Oshima, JapanM6.6 · 25 deaths · 85 houses destroyed · 147 km
• June 20, 1894, Tokyo, JapanM7.5 · 24 deaths · 90 houses destroyed · 99 km
• September 21, 1931, Honshu, JapanM7 · 16 deaths · 176 km
• January 15, 1924, Sagami, Japan14 deaths · 123 km
• December 27, 1936, Nii Jima, Japan3 deaths · 171 km

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