April 15, 2007 Earthquake: W, Honshu, Japan

Date

April 15, 2007

Time

03:19:30 UTC

Place

W, Honshu, Japan

Magnitude

4.6 (Ms)

Focal depth

16 km (10 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

34.807° N, 136.239° E

Country

Japan

Injuries

12

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses destroyed

63

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 18, 1586, Ise Bay, JapanM8.2 · 8,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 55 km
• October 27, 1891, Mino-Owari, JapanM8.4 · 7,273 deaths · 142,177 houses destroyed · 104 km
• January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 6,434 deaths · $100 billion · 186,175 houses destroyed · 110 km
• June 28, 1948, Fukui, JapanM7.3 · 5,131 deaths · $1 billion · 63,000 houses destroyed · 189 km
• September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 5,000 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 193 km
• March 7, 1927, SW, Honshu, JapanM7.3 · 3,022 deaths · $40 million · 15,594 houses destroyed · 136 km
• January 12, 1945, S, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 2,306 deaths · 7,221 houses destroyed · 89 km
• October 28, 1707, Enshunada, JapanM8.4 · 2,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 163 km
• December 20, 1946, S Coast, Honshu, JapanM8.3 · 1,362 deaths · 11,661 houses destroyed · 190 km
• July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan1,352 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed · 31 km
• December 7, 1944, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula, JapanM8.1 · 1,223 deaths · 29,205 houses destroyed · 120 km
• December 23, 1854, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 1,000 deaths · 8,900 houses destroyed · 177 km
• June 16, 1662, Yamasiro, Japan600 deaths · 80 km
• December 17, 1096, Enshunada, JapanM8.4 · 400 deaths · 146 km
• May 23, 1925, Tajima, Honshu, JapanM6.8 · 395 deaths · 3,333 houses destroyed · 171 km

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