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Japan earthquakes in 1938

72 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1938. The largest: M7.8 105 km E of Iwaki, Japan, Nov 5, 1938.

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

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Where every quake of 1938 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1938

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 5.859 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  2. 6.172 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 35 km deep
  3. 6.0141 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 15 km deep
  4. 6.3154 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 15 km deep
  5. 6.4133 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 20 km deep
  6. 5.786 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  7. 5.9142 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  8. 6.5118 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 25 km deep
  9. 5.859 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  10. 5.877 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  11. 6.5100 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  12. 5.9178 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  13. 7.099 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  14. 6.5127 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  15. 5.8off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 25 km deep
  16. 5.894 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  17. 6.392 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  18. 5.7136 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  19. 5.6151 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  20. 5.7127 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  21. 6.0149 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  22. 6.8155 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  23. 6.271 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  24. 6.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 30 km deep
  25. 6.2165 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  26. 7.1200 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  27. 6.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  28. 6.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 25 km deep
  29. 5.8129 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  30. 6.9174 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 15 km deep
  31. 5.6132 km E of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  32. 6.5156 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  33. 6.4167 km E of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  34. 6.5127 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  35. 6.364 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  36. 6.8130 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 30 km deep
  37. 6.2119 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  38. 7.6141 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  39. 6.3105 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  40. 5.6156 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  41. 6.2109 km E of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  42. 5.8173 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  43. 7.7116 km E of Namie, Japan · 30 km deep
  44. 6.0131 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  45. 7.7116 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 35 km deep
  46. 7.8105 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  47. 6.251 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 15 km deep
  48. 6.8202 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  49. 6.760 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 15 km deep
  50. 5.8125 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 20 km deep
  51. 5.8105 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 20 km deep
  52. 6.111 km ENE of Naze, Japan · 35 km deep
  53. 5.598 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  54. 5.775 km WSW of Itoman, Japan · 15 km deep
  55. 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  56. 5.795 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 25 km deep
  57. 5.644 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  58. 5.666 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 35 km deep
  59. 7.678 km S of Naze, Japan · 20 km deep
  60. 5.837 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 50 km deep
  61. 7.735 km N of Hirara, Japan · 20 km deep
  62. 5.57 km NNW of Narita, Japan · 35 km deep
  63. 5.568 km E of ?arai, Japan · 35 km deep
  64. 7.769 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 15 km deep
  65. 5.6139 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 20 km deep
  66. 5.988 km SSW of Yudomari, Japan · 35 km deep
  67. 5.873 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  68. 6.3197 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
  69. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  70. 6.517 km WSW of Tanabe, Japan · 25 km deep
  71. 6.1113 km ESE of Koshima, Japan · 25 km deep
  72. 6.4Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1938 in Japan.

  1. 7.8105 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  2. 7.7116 km E of Namie, Japan · 30 km deep
  3. 7.7116 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 35 km deep
  4. 7.769 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 15 km deep
  5. 7.735 km N of Hirara, Japan · 20 km deep
  6. 7.6141 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  7. 7.678 km S of Naze, Japan · 20 km deep
  8. 7.1200 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  9. 7.099 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  10. 6.9174 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 15 km deep
  11. 6.8155 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  12. 6.8130 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 30 km deep
  13. 6.8202 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  14. 6.760 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 15 km deep
  15. 6.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 25 km deep
  16. 6.5156 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  17. 6.5118 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 25 km deep
  18. 6.517 km WSW of Tanabe, Japan · 25 km deep
  19. 6.5127 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  20. 6.5127 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  21. 6.5100 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  22. 6.4Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  23. 6.4133 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 20 km deep
  24. 6.4167 km E of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
  25. 6.3105 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 25 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 193836.517 km WSW of Tanabe, Japan
February 19380
March 193815.6Izu Islands, Japan region
April 193826.3197 km ESE of Naze, Japan
May 193837.769 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan
June 193877.735 km N of Hirara, Japan
July 193835.775 km WSW of Itoman, Japan
August 193826.111 km ENE of Naze, Japan
September 193836.760 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan
October 193826.8202 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
November 1938347.8105 km E of Iwaki, Japan
December 1938126.5118 km ESE of ?funato, 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.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Japan nowWorldwide in 1938

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.