January 15, 1993 Earthquake: Hokkadio, Kushiro, Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan

Date

January 15, 1993

Time

11:06:05 UTC

Place

Hokkadio, Kushiro, Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan

Magnitude

7.6 (Mw)

Focal depth

102 km (63 mi)

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

43.300° N, 143.691° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

2

Damage

$358 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.

• March 21, 1982, Hokkaido, Urakawa, Hiroo, JapanM6.7 · 110 deaths · $1 million · 167 km
• September 5, 2018, Hokkaido, JapanM6.6 · 44 deaths · $2 billion · 159 km
• March 4, 1952, Hokkaido, JapanM8.1 · 33 deaths · 2,422 houses destroyed · 129 km
• June 17, 1973, Hokkaido Island, JapanM7.7 · 27 deaths · $5 million · 2 houses destroyed · 171 km
• September 25, 2003, Hokkaido, JapanM8.3 · 2 deaths · $90 million · 166 km
• May 28, 1938, E. Hokkaido Island, JapanM6.1 · 1 death · 7 houses destroyed · 59 km
• March 5, 1956, NE. Hokkaido Island, Japan116 km
• November 28, 2004, Bekkai, Kushiro, Nemouro, Hokkaido, JapanM7 · 120 km
• April 23, 1962, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan123 km
• December 6, 2004, Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanM6.8 · 132 km
• May 1, 1839, SE. Hokkaido Island, JapanM7.3 · 139 km
• September 11, 2008, Hokkaido, JapanM6.8 · 157 km
• August 11, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan161 km
• June 13, 1893, Nemuro, Japan172 km
• November 15, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan176 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 5344.