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Japan earthquakes in 1932

19 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1932. The largest: M6.7 222 km E of Naze, Japan, May 28, 1932.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Where every quake of 1932 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1932

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 193215.983 km NNE of Nayoro, Japan
February 19320
March 193215.346 km ESE of Nobeoka, Japan
April 19320
May 193246.7222 km E of Naze, Japan
June 193276.0178 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
July 193216.1281 km E of Yamada, Japan
August 19320
September 193216.3160 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan
October 193216.273 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan
November 193236.38 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
December 19320

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.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

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Japan nowWorldwide in 1932

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.