May 5, 2023 Earthquake: Ishikawa, Toyama, Honshu, Japan

Date

May 5, 2023

Time

05:42:04 UTC

Place

Ishikawa, Toyama, Honshu, Japan

Magnitude

6.2 (Mw)

Focal depth

8 km (5 mi)

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

37.540° N, 137.305° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

1

Injuries

34

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses destroyed

3

Houses damaged

351

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.

• May 8, 1847, Zenkoji, Nagano, JapanM7.4 · 12,000 deaths · 34,000 houses destroyed · 86 km
• June 28, 1948, Fukui, JapanM7.3 · 5,131 deaths · $1 billion · 63,000 houses destroyed · 164 km
• May 20, 1751, NW, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 2,100 deaths · 9,100 houses destroyed · 80 km
• August 2, 887, Niigata, Honshu, JapanM6.5 · 2,000 deaths · 70 km
• February 1, 1666, Takata, Japan1,500 deaths · 86 km
• December 18, 1828, Sandyo IN Etigo, Japan1,443 deaths · 11,750 houses destroyed · 194 km
• January 1, 2024, Ishikawa, Honshu, JapanM7.5 · 549 deaths · $18 billion · 29,966 houses destroyed · 7 km
• April 9, 1858, N, Hida, Japan203 deaths · 709 houses destroyed · 172 km
• October 23, 2004, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 68 deaths · $28 billion · 3,175 houses destroyed · 135 km
• April 28, 1714, Oomati, Japan56 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 131 km
• June 16, 1964, W Coast, Honshu, JapanM7.6 · 36 deaths · $800 million · 3,557 houses destroyed · 193 km
• September 13, 1984, Mt Ontake, Central, Honshu, JapanM6.1 · 29 deaths · $43 million · 195 km
• December 9, 1802, Sado Island, Ogi, NW Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 19 deaths · 1,060 houses destroyed · 89 km
• July 16, 2007, W Coast, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 15 deaths · $13 billion · 1,331 houses destroyed · 103 km
• August 19, 1961, W Coast, Honshu, JapanM7.3 · 10 deaths · 180 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 10692.