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Japan earthquakes in 1933

57 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1933. The largest: M8.4 1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan, Mar 3, 1933.

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

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Where every quake of 1933 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1933

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  2. 6.067 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
  3. 5.797 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
  4. 5.6175 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  5. 5.9off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 15 km deep
  6. 6.011 km SE of Ojiya, Japan · 15 km deep
  7. 5.5198 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
  8. 5.8201 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 15 km deep
  9. 5.8204 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 15 km deep
  10. 6.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 15 km deep
  11. 5.4167 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
  12. 5.5190 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
  13. 5.8112 km NE of Naze, Japan · 35 km deep
  14. 5.8274 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  15. 5.7150 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  16. 6.0242 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  17. 7.3110 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  18. 5.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  19. 6.2165 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
  20. 5.7near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 35 km deep
  21. 6.1245 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  22. 6.284 km W of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
  23. 6.251 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 35 km deep
  24. 5.533 km SSE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 35 km deep
  25. 5.7west of the Bonin Islands, Japan · 15 km deep
  26. 5.5151 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  27. 5.4171 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  28. 6.4129 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  29. 5.5172 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
  30. 5.9257 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  31. 5.8235 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  32. 6.7154 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  33. 5.7108 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
  34. 5.51 km NNE of ?zu, Japan · 15 km deep
  35. 5.1214 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  36. 5.6152 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
  37. 5.8170 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  38. 5.9133 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  39. 5.4145 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  40. 6.0168 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  41. 5.7246 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  42. 5.7204 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  43. 6.1192 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  44. 5.7157 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  45. 6.0188 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  46. 6.4147 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  47. 5.9210 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  48. 5.8176 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  49. 6.1143 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  50. 5.7146 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  51. 8.41933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan · 15 km deep
  52. 5.6141 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 15 km deep
  53. 5.844 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
  54. 5.9193 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
  55. 6.6184 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  56. 6.2Bonin Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  57. 6.1213 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 15 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1933 in Japan.

  1. 8.41933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan · 15 km deep
  2. 7.3110 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  3. 6.7154 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  4. 6.6184 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  5. 6.4129 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  6. 6.4147 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  7. 6.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 15 km deep
  8. 6.2Bonin Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  9. 6.2165 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
  10. 6.251 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 35 km deep
  11. 6.284 km W of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
  12. 6.1245 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  13. 6.1143 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  14. 6.1213 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 15 km deep
  15. 6.1192 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  16. 6.0188 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  17. 6.067 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
  18. 6.0242 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  19. 6.011 km SE of Ojiya, Japan · 15 km deep
  20. 6.0168 km E of Yamada, Japan · 15 km deep
  21. 5.9193 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
  22. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  23. 5.9133 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  24. 5.9off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 15 km deep
  25. 5.9257 km E of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 193356.6184 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
February 193315.6141 km E of Iwaki, Japan
March 1933188.41933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan
April 193386.7154 km E of Yamada, Japan
May 193325.7west of the Bonin Islands, Japan
June 193377.3110 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
July 193336.0242 km ESE of Yamada, Japan
August 193315.8112 km NE of Naze, Japan
September 193356.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan
October 193346.011 km SE of Ojiya, Japan
November 193326.067 km WNW of Naze, Japan
December 193315.9Izu Islands, Japan region

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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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.