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Japan earthquakes in 1965

39 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1965. The largest: M7.0 73 km E of Ōarai, Japan, Sep 18, 1965.

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

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Where every quake of 1965 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1965

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 5.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 44 km deep
  2. 5.6245 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 60 km deep
  3. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  4. 5.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 50 km deep
  5. 5.771 km N of Hirara, Japan · 95 km deep
  6. 5.751 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 40 km deep
  7. 6.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 21 km deep
  8. 5.852 km E of Taira, Japan · 37 km deep
  9. 5.7119 km E of Miyako, Japan · 26 km deep
  10. 5.9123 km E of Miyako, Japan · 43 km deep
  11. 6.569 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 40 km deep
  12. 5.830 km SE of Takanabe, Japan · 34 km deep
  13. 6.7138 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 198 km deep
  14. 7.073 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 41 km deep
  15. 5.984 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  16. 5.879 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 43 km deep
  17. 5.890 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 39 km deep
  18. 5.782 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  19. 5.716 km W of Teshikaga, Japan · 15 km deep
  20. 5.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 23 km deep
  21. 5.8143 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 19 km deep
  22. 5.7243 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 26 km deep
  23. 6.172 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan · 35 km deep
  24. 5.74 km S of Nagareyama, Japan · 112 km deep
  25. 5.5115 km NW of Uken, Japan · 60 km deep
  26. 5.971 km NNW of Uken, Japan · 15 km deep
  27. 5.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 23 km deep
  28. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  29. 5.886 km S of Koshima, Japan · 50 km deep
  30. 6.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  31. 6.10 km SSE of Yaizu, Japan · 36 km deep
  32. 5.668 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 165 km deep
  33. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 422 km deep
  34. 5.73 km S of Ishige, Japan · 50 km deep
  35. 5.7118 km NE of Kuji, Japan · 40 km deep
  36. 6.4121 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 34 km deep
  37. 6.4121 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 35 km deep
  38. 5.738 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan · 52 km deep
  39. 5.6near the south coast of Honshu, Japan · 82 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1965 in Japan.

  1. 7.073 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 41 km deep
  2. 6.7138 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 198 km deep
  3. 6.569 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 40 km deep
  4. 6.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 21 km deep
  5. 6.4121 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 34 km deep
  6. 6.4121 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 35 km deep
  7. 6.172 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan · 35 km deep
  8. 6.10 km SSE of Yaizu, Japan · 36 km deep
  9. 6.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  10. 5.9123 km E of Miyako, Japan · 43 km deep
  11. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  12. 5.971 km NNW of Uken, Japan · 15 km deep
  13. 5.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 44 km deep
  14. 5.984 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  15. 5.879 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 43 km deep
  16. 5.8143 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 19 km deep
  17. 5.852 km E of Taira, Japan · 37 km deep
  18. 5.890 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 39 km deep
  19. 5.886 km S of Koshima, Japan · 50 km deep
  20. 5.830 km SE of Takanabe, Japan · 34 km deep
  21. 5.7119 km E of Miyako, Japan · 26 km deep
  22. 5.738 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan · 52 km deep
  23. 5.782 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  24. 5.73 km S of Ishige, Japan · 50 km deep
  25. 5.771 km N of Hirara, Japan · 95 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 196515.6near the south coast of Honshu, Japan
February 196515.738 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan
March 196536.4121 km ENE of Kuji, Japan
April 196566.10 km SSE of Yaizu, Japan
May 196555.971 km NNW of Uken, Japan
June 196516.172 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan
July 196525.8143 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan
August 19650
September 1965127.073 km E of Ōarai, Japan
October 196515.852 km E of Taira, Japan
November 196566.4Izu Islands, Japan region
December 196515.9Bonin 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.