Japan earthquakes in 1959
21 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1959. The largest: M7.0 117 km E of Namie, Japan, Jan 22, 1959.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1959 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1959
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.878 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.572 km W of Rumoi, Japan · 30 km deep
- 6.5177 km E of Namie, Japan · 20 km deep
- 5.890 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 25 km deep
- 5.7eastern Honshu, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.556 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 58 km deep
- 5.756 km ESE of Koseda, Japan · 35 km deep
- 5.846 km E of Nichinan, Japan · 35 km deep
- 6.954 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 118 km deep
- 5.9125 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 40 km deep
- 5.8158 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 15 km deep
- 5.7190 km E of Namie, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.2140 km S of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.6129 km S of Naze, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.0102 km NNE of Nago, Japan · 50 km deep
- 6.450 km N of Kushiro, Japan · 25 km deep
- 6.445 km NNE of Kushiro, Japan · 25 km deep
- 5.841 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 75 km deep
- 5.7143 km E of Namie, Japan · 15 km deep
- 6.249 km SSE of Motomachi, Japan · 15 km deep
- 7.0117 km E of Namie, Japan · 35 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1959 | 6 | 7.0 | 117 km E of Namie, Japan |
| February 1959 | 1 | 6.0 | 102 km NNE of Nago, Japan |
| March 1959 | 4 | 6.6 | 129 km S of Naze, Japan |
| April 1959 | 2 | 6.9 | 54 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan |
| May 1959 | 0 | ||
| June 1959 | 2 | 5.8 | 46 km E of Nichinan, Japan |
| July 1959 | 0 | ||
| August 1959 | 0 | ||
| September 1959 | 3 | 5.8 | 90 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan |
| October 1959 | 1 | 6.5 | 177 km E of Namie, Japan |
| November 1959 | 2 | 6.5 | 72 km W of Rumoi, Japan |
| December 1959 | 0 |
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.