June 1, 1923 Earthquake: Kashima, Japan
An earthquake struck Kashima, Japan on June 1, 1923 at 17:24:00 UTC, 40 km below the surface. 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
- June 1, 1923
- Time
- 17:24:00 UTC
- Place
- Kashima, Japan
- Focal depth
- 40 km (25 mi)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 35.400° N, 141.800° E
- Country
- Japan
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:
1923, June 2, 2:25 local time. There was an earthquake with source at sea off Ibaraki Prefecture, near Kashima, accompanied by a weak tsunami.
Iida (1956): 1.VI; 17h25m; 36 N, 141.4 E.; M=6.3, m=-1.
Gutenberg, Richter (1954), Iida et al. (1967): 1.VI; 17h25m; 35.75 N, 141.75 E.; M=7.2, m=-1.5.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 11, 1855, Tokyo, Japan
- December 30, 1703, Off SW Boso Peninsula, Japan
- November 4, 1677, Off SE. Boso Peninsula, Japan
- July 29, 1649, Tokyo, Japan
- June 20, 1894, Tokyo, Japan
- December 17, 1987, Chiba Perfecture, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
- September 24, 1980, Tokyo, Yokohama, Japan
- August 3, 1974, Kakiota, Mito, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
- November 25, 1953, Kashima, Japan
- November 5, 1938, Near E Coast Honshu, Japan
- January 16, 1961, Kashima, Japan
- December 17, 1670, Boso, Japan
- January 16, 1961, Kashima, Japan
- May 7, 2008, E Coast, Honshu, Japan
- July 23, 1982, Ibaraki, 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 6284.