February 1, 1992 Earthquake: Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Date

February 1, 1992

Time

19:04:04 UTC

Place

Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Magnitude

5.6 (mb)

Focal depth

100 km (62 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.106° N, 139.644° E

Country

Japan

Injuries

37

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.

• September 1, 1923, Tokyo, Yokohama, JapanM7.9 · 105,385 deaths · $600 million · 695,000 houses destroyed · 13 km
• May 27, 1293, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 23,024 deaths · 25 km
• November 11, 1855, Tokyo, JapanM7 · 6,757 deaths · 50,000 houses destroyed · 62 km
• December 30, 1703, Off SW Boso Peninsula, JapanM8.2 · 5,233 deaths · 20,162 houses destroyed · 34 km
• September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 5,000 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 187 km
• November 4, 1677, Off SE. Boso Peninsula, JapanM7.4 · 500 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 169 km
• November 25, 1930, Idu, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 259 deaths · 8,099 houses destroyed · 60 km
• September 12, 1495, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 200 deaths · 13 km
• July 29, 1649, Tokyo, Japan200 deaths · 54 km
• March 1, 1633, Odawara, JapanM7.1 · 150 deaths · 42 km
• March 11, 1853, Odawara, Japan79 deaths · 46 km
• May 8, 1974, Nakagi, JapanM6.5 · 27 deaths · 134 houses destroyed · 109 km
• January 14, 1978, Tokkaido, Oshima, JapanM6.6 · 25 deaths · 85 houses destroyed · 48 km
• June 20, 1894, Tokyo, JapanM7.5 · 24 deaths · 90 houses destroyed · 70 km
• September 21, 1931, Honshu, JapanM7 · 16 deaths · 118 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 8252.