Japan earthquakes in 1937
27 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1937. The largest: M6.6 42 km E of Onagawa Ch?, Japan, Jul 27, 1937.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1937 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1937
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 6.2106 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.3120 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.462 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.132 km E of Yonakuni, Japan · 60 km deep
- 6.344 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 25 km deep
- 5.7118 km SE of Naze, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.341 km SE of Nichinan, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 5.695 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.642 km E of Onagawa Ch?, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
- 6.1254 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.7286 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.7243 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.064 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 45 km deep
- 5.82 km SE of Yanai, Japan · 60 km deep
- 6.1107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.8117 km S of ?yama, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.775 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 5.992 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.5114 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 20 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1937 in Japan.
- 6.642 km E of Onagawa Ch?, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.5114 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 20 km deep
- 6.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.344 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.3120 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.341 km SE of Nichinan, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
- 6.2106 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.1254 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.1107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.132 km E of Yonakuni, Japan · 60 km deep
- 6.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 6.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 6.064 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 45 km deep
- 5.992 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 5.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
- 5.8117 km S of ?yama, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.82 km SE of Yanai, Japan · 60 km deep
- 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
- 5.7243 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.7118 km SE of Naze, Japan · 25 km deep
- 5.7286 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.775 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1937 | 6 | 6.5 | 114 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan |
| February 1937 | 2 | 6.1 | 107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan |
| March 1937 | 1 | 6.0 | 64 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan |
| April 1937 | 0 | ||
| May 1937 | 2 | 5.7 | 243 km SE of Katsuura, Japan |
| June 1937 | 0 | ||
| July 1937 | 4 | 6.6 | 42 km E of Onagawa Ch?, Japan |
| August 1937 | 6 | 6.3 | 41 km SE of Nichinan, Japan |
| September 1937 | 1 | 5.7 | 118 km SE of Naze, Japan |
| October 1937 | 1 | 6.3 | 44 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan |
| November 1937 | 2 | 6.1 | 32 km E of Yonakuni, Japan |
| December 1937 | 2 | 6.3 | 120 km E of Hasaki, 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.