July 9, 1854 Earthquake: Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan
An earthquake struck Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan on July 9, 1854. It killed 1,352 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 9, 1854
- Place
- Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.000° N, 136.000° E
- Country
- Japan
The toll
- Deaths
- 1,352
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 5,000
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
July 9, 1854, 35 N, 136 E, 1352 deaths, 5,000 houses destroyed, Iga, Ise, Yamato. (reference #1068)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 18, 1586, Ise Bay, Japan
- October 27, 1891, Mino-Owari, Japan
- January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, Japan
- June 28, 1948, Fukui, Japan
- March 7, 1927, SW, Honshu, Japan
- January 12, 1945, S, Honshu, Japan
- October 28, 1707, Enshunada, Japan
- September 10, 1943, S, Honshu, Japan
- December 7, 1944, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula, Japan
- December 20, 1711, Seionaikai, Japan
- June 16, 1662, Yamasiro, Japan
- December 17, 1096, Enshunada, Japan
- May 23, 1925, Tajima, Honshu, Japan
- August 19, 1830, Kyoto, Japan
- April 9, 1858, N, Hida, 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 1960.