October 30, 1983 Earthquake: Tottori, Yonango, Japan

Date

October 30, 1983

Time

16:51:57 UTC

Place

Tottori, Yonango, Japan

Magnitude

5.2 (Ms)

Focal depth

27 km (17 mi)

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.464° N, 133.899° E

Country

Japan

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

• January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 6,434 deaths · $100 billion · 186,175 houses destroyed · 144 km
• March 7, 1927, SW, Honshu, JapanM7.3 · 3,022 deaths · $40 million · 15,594 houses destroyed · 110 km
• September 10, 1943, S, Honshu, JapanM7.4 · 1,400 deaths · 7,739 houses destroyed · 18 km
• July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan1,352 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed · 198 km
• December 20, 1711, Seionaikai, JapanM6.7 · 1,000 deaths · 1,713 houses destroyed · 130 km
• March 14, 1872, SW, Honshu, JapanM7.4 · 804 deaths · 5,796 houses destroyed · 184 km
• June 16, 1662, Yamasiro, Japan600 deaths · 190 km
• May 23, 1925, Tajima, Honshu, JapanM6.8 · 395 deaths · 3,333 houses destroyed · 83 km
• August 19, 1830, Kyoto, Japan280 deaths · 198 km
• June 17, 2018, Osaka, JapanM5.5 · 5 deaths · $7 billion · 173 km
• March 19, 1711, Mimasaka, Japan4 deaths · 81 km
• March 24, 2001, Hiroshima, Okayama, Honshu, Kagama, JapanM6.8 · 2 deaths · $500 million · 198 km
• October 21, 2016, Kurayoshi, JapanM6.2 · $100 million · 2 houses destroyed · 13 km
• October 6, 2000, Okayama, Tottori, W, Honshu, JapanM6.7 · $150 million · 104 houses destroyed · 69 km
• January 11, 1900, Sea of JapanM7.8 · 121 km

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