January 15, 1924 Earthquake: Sagami, Japan

Date

January 15, 1924

Place

Sagami, Japan

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.500° N, 139.500° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

14

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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.

• September 1, 1923, Tokyo, Yokohama, JapanM7.9 · 105,385 deaths · $600 million · 695,000 houses destroyed · 44 km
• May 27, 1293, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 23,024 deaths · 35 km
• November 11, 1855, Tokyo, JapanM7 · 6,757 deaths · 50,000 houses destroyed · 32 km
• December 30, 1703, Off SW Boso Peninsula, JapanM8.2 · 5,233 deaths · 20,162 houses destroyed · 72 km
• November 4, 1677, Off SE. Boso Peninsula, JapanM7.4 · 500 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 190 km
• November 25, 1930, Idu, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 259 deaths · 8,099 houses destroyed · 72 km
• April 9, 1858, N, Hida, Japan203 deaths · 709 houses destroyed · 189 km
• September 12, 1495, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 200 deaths · 44 km
• July 29, 1649, Tokyo, Japan200 deaths · 45 km
• March 1, 1633, Odawara, JapanM7.1 · 150 deaths · 43 km
• March 11, 1853, Odawara, Japan79 deaths · 0 km
• April 28, 1714, Oomati, Japan56 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 175 km
• September 13, 1984, Mt Ontake, Central, Honshu, JapanM6.1 · 29 deaths · $43 million · 185 km
• May 8, 1974, Nakagi, JapanM6.5 · 27 deaths · 134 houses destroyed · 133 km
• January 14, 1978, Tokkaido, Oshima, JapanM6.6 · 25 deaths · 85 houses destroyed · 80 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 3243.