July 23, 2005 Earthquake: Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Date

July 23, 2005

Time

07:34:56 UTC

Place

Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Magnitude

5.9 (Mw)

Focal depth

61 km (38 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.498° N, 139.982° E

Country

Japan

Injuries

27

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

1

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 · 62 km
• May 27, 1293, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 23,024 deaths · 62 km
• November 11, 1855, Tokyo, JapanM7 · 6,757 deaths · 50,000 houses destroyed · 24 km
• December 30, 1703, Off SW Boso Peninsula, JapanM8.2 · 5,233 deaths · 20,162 houses destroyed · 55 km
• November 4, 1677, Off SE. Boso Peninsula, JapanM7.4 · 500 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 149 km
• November 25, 1930, Idu, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 259 deaths · 8,099 houses destroyed · 105 km
• July 29, 1649, Tokyo, Japan200 deaths · 2 km
• September 12, 1495, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 200 deaths · 62 km
• March 1, 1633, Odawara, JapanM7.1 · 150 deaths · 78 km
• March 11, 1853, Odawara, Japan79 deaths · 44 km
• May 8, 1974, Nakagi, JapanM6.5 · 27 deaths · 134 houses destroyed · 161 km
• January 14, 1978, Tokkaido, Oshima, JapanM6.6 · 25 deaths · 85 houses destroyed · 101 km
• June 20, 1894, Tokyo, JapanM7.5 · 24 deaths · 90 houses destroyed · 24 km
• September 21, 1931, Honshu, JapanM7 · 16 deaths · 97 km
• January 15, 1924, Sagami, Japan14 deaths · 44 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 6761.