December 7, 1922 Earthquake: Kyushu, Japan

Date

December 7, 1922

Time

16:50:00 UTC

Place

Kyushu, Japan

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

32.700° N, 130.300° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

27

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

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.

• May 21, 1792, Kyusyu Island, JapanM6.4 · 15,030 deaths · 6,200 houses destroyed · 11 km
• June 30, 744, Shimabara, Yatsushiro, Higo, JapanM6.4 · 1,520 deaths · 470 houses destroyed · 38 km
• April 16, 1700, Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, JapanM7 · 1,000 deaths · 191 km
• September 4, 1596, Beppu Bay, JapanM6.9 · 708 deaths · 80 houses destroyed · 147 km
• April 15, 2016, Kumamoto, Oita, JapanM7 · 273 deaths · $20 billion · 43,386 houses destroyed · 44 km
• October 30, 1662, Hiuganada, JapanM7.9 · 200 deaths · 2,500 houses destroyed · 195 km
• January 12, 1914, Sakurijima, JapanM7.1 · 63 deaths · $19 million · 2,268 houses destroyed · 129 km
• September 10, 1597, Beppu Bay, JapanM6.4 · 40 deaths · 138 km
• July 28, 2026, Kumamoto, JapanM6.8 · 38 deaths · 3,539 houses destroyed · 40 km
• July 28, 1889, Kumamoto, JapanM6.3 · 20 deaths · 239 houses destroyed · 39 km
• August 6, 1984, Nobeoka, Kyushu, JapanM6.7 · 20 deaths · 158 km
• February 21, 1968, Kyushu, JapanM6.3 · 3 deaths · 83 km
• March 18, 1987, Miyazaki, Naze, Kyushu, JapanM6.7 · 2 deaths · 162 km
• November 18, 1941, Shikoku, JapanM7.4 · 2 deaths · 27 houses destroyed · 186 km
• February 26, 1961, Miyazaki, JapanM7.3 · 2 deaths · 170 houses destroyed · 187 km

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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 3207.