Japan earthquakes in 1926
32 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1926. The largest: M6.8 100 km WNW of Nago, Japan, Jun 29, 1926.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1926 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1926
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 6.0188 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.964 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.6eastern Sea of Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.3171 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 25 km deep
- 5.8134 km W of Itoman, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.558 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.7187 km SSE of Ishigaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.959 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.8169 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.774 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.2149 km NE of Hirara, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.358 km ESE of Ishigaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.156 km S of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.148 km SSE of Itoman, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.139 km SW of Itoman, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.73 km NNE of ?hara, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.624 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.8100 km WNW of Nago, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.9286 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.9158 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.842 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.080 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.2139 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.8207 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 6.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.2145 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.068 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.1106 km SW of Kurio, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9256 km SSE of Hirara, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.852 km W of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.070 km WSW of Niseko Town, Japan · 15 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1926 in Japan.
- 6.8100 km WNW of Nago, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.558 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.3171 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.358 km ESE of Ishigaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 6.2149 km NE of Hirara, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.2139 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.2145 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.148 km SSE of Itoman, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.139 km SW of Itoman, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.1106 km SW of Kurio, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.156 km S of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.070 km WSW of Niseko Town, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.0188 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.080 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.068 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.959 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9286 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.9256 km SSE of Hirara, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.964 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9158 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.8134 km W of Itoman, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.8169 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.842 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 35 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1926 | 0 | ||
| February 1926 | 2 | 6.0 | 70 km WSW of Niseko Town, Japan |
| March 1926 | 3 | 6.1 | 106 km SW of Kurio, Japan |
| April 1926 | 2 | 6.2 | 145 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan |
| May 1926 | 3 | 6.3 | Izu Islands, Japan region |
| June 1926 | 5 | 6.8 | 100 km WNW of Nago, Japan |
| July 1926 | 1 | 5.6 | 24 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan |
| August 1926 | 10 | 6.3 | 58 km ESE of Ishigaki, Japan |
| September 1926 | 2 | 6.5 | 58 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan |
| October 1926 | 2 | 6.3 | 171 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan |
| November 1926 | 2 | 6.0 | 188 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan |
| December 1926 | 0 |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
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Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.