July 6, 1905 Earthquake: Off Fukushima, Japan
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Off Fukushima, Japan on July 6, 1905 at 16:21:00 UTC, 33 km below the surface. It killed 57 people, counting the tsunami it caused.
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 6, 1905
- Time
- 16:21:00 UTC
- Place
- Off Fukushima, Japan
- Magnitude
- 7 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 33 km (21 mi)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 37.400° N, 142.600° E
- Country
- Japan
The toll
- Deaths
- 57 with its tsunami and other effects
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.
Epicenter: 37.4 N, 142.6 E, shallow depth, magnitude 7.0 (reference #150)
Epicenter: 39.5 N, 142.5 E, shallow depth, magnitude 7.9 (reference #88)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 11, 2011, Honshu, Japan
- February 17, 1793, Sanriku,rikuzen,rikuchu, Japan
- June 12, 1978, Sanriku, Japan
- April 11, 2011, Honshu, Japan
- March 16, 2022, Off Fukushima, Japan
- April 7, 2011, Near E Coast Honshu, Japan
- February 13, 2021, Off Fukushima, Japan
- November 5, 1938, Near E Coast Honshu, Japan
- October 2, 1678, Sanriku,rikuchu, Japan
- November 6, 1938, Off East Coast Honshu, Japan
- January 22, 1959, Sanriku, Japan
- July 19, 2008, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan
- July 11, 2014, Sanriku, Japan
- October 31, 2003, East Coast Honshu, Japan
- October 26, 1959, Sanriku, 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 2719.