July 1, 2000 Earthquake: Kozu-Shima, Near S Coast Honshu, Japan

Date

July 1, 2000

Time

07:01:55 UTC

Place

Kozu-Shima, Near S Coast Honshu, Japan

Magnitude

6.1 (Mw)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Volcano

The eruption it came with

Epicenter

34.221° N, 139.131° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

1

Injuries

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

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 · 103 km
• May 27, 1293, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 23,024 deaths · 112 km
• November 11, 1855, Tokyo, JapanM7 · 6,757 deaths · 50,000 houses destroyed · 170 km
• December 30, 1703, Off SW Boso Peninsula, JapanM8.2 · 5,233 deaths · 20,162 houses destroyed · 118 km
• September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 5,000 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 98 km
• January 12, 1945, S, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 2,306 deaths · 7,221 houses destroyed · 185 km
• October 28, 1707, Enshunada, JapanM8.4 · 2,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 123 km
• December 7, 1944, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula, JapanM8.1 · 1,223 deaths · 29,205 houses destroyed · 189 km
• February 3, 1605, Enshunada, JapanM7.9 · 1,001 deaths · 80 houses destroyed · 99 km
• December 23, 1854, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 1,000 deaths · 8,900 houses destroyed · 116 km
• December 17, 1096, Enshunada, JapanM8.4 · 400 deaths · 152 km
• November 25, 1930, Idu, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 259 deaths · 8,099 houses destroyed · 87 km
• September 12, 1495, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 200 deaths · 103 km
• July 29, 1649, Tokyo, Japan200 deaths · 163 km
• March 1, 1633, Odawara, JapanM7.1 · 150 deaths · 109 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 5568.