Japan earthquakes in 1931
36 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1931. The largest: M7.9 58 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan, Nov 2, 1931.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1931 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1931
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.615 km ESE of Hondomachi-hondo, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.419 km W of Honmachi, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.19 km NW of Yamada, Japan · 35 km deep
- 7.958 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.340 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.51 km WNW of Kumagaya, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.012 km NW of Hadano, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.2145 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 5.8115 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.0100 km ENE of Nago, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.63 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 6.597 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.15 km S of Kokubunji, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.714 km NNE of Gotenba, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.860 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.6196 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.095 km NE of Nago, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.459 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9108 km N of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.173 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.856 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9161 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 5.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 5.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.2Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 5.6196 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.7159 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
- 7.978 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.353 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 25 km deep
- 5.751 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.6230 km NNW of Nago, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.378 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 15 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1931 in Japan.
- 7.958 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 35 km deep
- 7.978 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 6.6230 km NNW of Nago, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.51 km WNW of Kumagaya, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.597 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.340 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.353 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.378 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.2145 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.2Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.173 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.15 km S of Kokubunji, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.19 km NW of Yamada, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.012 km NW of Hadano, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.095 km NE of Nago, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.0100 km ENE of Nago, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9161 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 5.9108 km N of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 5.860 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.856 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 5.8115 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 35 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1931 | 3 | 6.6 | 230 km NNW of Nago, Japan |
| February 1931 | 1 | 6.3 | 53 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan |
| March 1931 | 10 | 7.9 | 78 km E of Hachinohe, Japan |
| April 1931 | 2 | 6.1 | 73 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan |
| May 1931 | 3 | 6.0 | 95 km NE of Nago, Japan |
| June 1931 | 4 | 6.5 | 97 km NE of Hasaki, Japan |
| July 1931 | 2 | 5.8 | Volcano Islands, Japan region |
| August 1931 | 3 | 6.0 | 100 km ENE of Nago, Japan |
| September 1931 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 km WNW of Kumagaya, Japan |
| October 1931 | 0 | ||
| November 1931 | 3 | 7.9 | 58 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan |
| December 1931 | 2 | 5.6 | 15 km ESE of Hondomachi-hondo, Japan |
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.