September 10, 1943 Earthquake: S, Honshu, Japan
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck S, Honshu, Japan on September 10, 1943 at 08:37 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 1,400 people.
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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 10, 1943
- Time
- 08:37 UTC
- Place
- S, Honshu, Japan
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.300° N, 133.900° E
- Country
- Japan
The toll
- Deaths
- 1,400
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
- Houses destroyed
- 7,739
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.
1943, Sept 10, 08:37 UTC, 35.3 N, 133.9 E. Destructive. 50% of Tottori buildings were destroyed. 1400 killed and injured. (reference #45)
1943, Sept 10, 08:37 UTC, 35.5 N, 134.2 E, magnitude 7.4, 1005 deaths, extreme damage. (reference #1152)
1943, Sept. 10 35.5 134.2 1190 killed, 7485 houses leveled, 254 burned. (reference #1136)
1943, Sept 15, 35.5 N 134 E, Tottori. Unknown damage. (reference #1068)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, Japan
- March 7, 1927, SW, Honshu, Japan
- July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan
- June 16, 1026, Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
- December 20, 1711, Seionaikai, Japan
- March 14, 1872, SW, Honshu, Japan
- June 16, 1662, Yamasiro, Japan
- May 23, 1925, Tajima, Honshu, Japan
- August 19, 1830, Kyoto, Japan
- July 12, 1676, Tuwano, Japan
- June 17, 2018, Osaka, Japan
- March 19, 1711, Mimasaka, Japan
- March 24, 2001, Hiroshima, Okayama, Honshu, Kagama, Japan
- October 21, 2016, Kurayoshi, Japan
- October 30, 1983, Tottori, Yonango, 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 3755.