September 1858 Earthquake: Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Name: September 1858 Earthquake: Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Location: Ryukyu Islands, Japan

September 1858

An earthquake struck Ryukyu Islands, Japan in September 1858. It caused a tsunami.

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: September 1858
Place: Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Epicenter: 26.200° N, 127.500° E
Country: Japan
Region: East Asia

The toll

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

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Reference #414:

1858, Sept. - 1859, Jan. There were frequent shocks and unusual tidal waves on the coast of Okinawa Island.

Reference #79:

1858, Sept. - 1859, Jan. Source: Ryukyu Island, observation: Ryukyu Island, Okinawa Island. Frequent quakes and abnormal tides.

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

#79 Iida, Kumizi, Doak C. Cox, and George Pararas-Carayannis (1967). Preliminary Catalog of Tsunamis Occurring in the Pacific Ocean, HIG-67-10, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 275 p. Bibliography to the Preliminary Catalog of Tsunamis Occurring in the Pacific Ocean, December 1967, 27 p.
#414 Soloviev, S.L., and Ch.N. Go (1974). A catalogue of tsunamis on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean [dates include 173-1968. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Nauka Publishing House, Moscow, 439 p. [Canadian Translation of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences no. 5077, 1984, translation available from Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OS2, 447 p.]

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1858 The 1800s Recent earthquakes near here

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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 6130.