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Japan earthquakes in 1968

130 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1968. The largest: M8.2 1968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake, May 16, 1968.

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

19671969

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Every quake of 1968

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 5.836 km SSW of Honchō, Japan · 18 km deep
  2. 5.8157 km E of Miyako, Japan · 23 km deep
  3. 5.715 km NE of Yasuda, Japan · 30 km deep
  4. 5.863 km NNE of Tatsugō, Japan · 22 km deep
  5. 5.957 km ENE of Noda, Japan · 49 km deep
  6. 5.933 km E of Nichinan, Japan · 32 km deep
  7. 6.274 km E of Noda, Japan · 49 km deep
  8. 5.888 km NNW of Tatsugō, Japan · 18 km deep
  9. 5.7132 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan · 32 km deep
  10. 5.822 km NNW of Wadomari, Japan · 46 km deep
  11. 5.9126 km E of Noda, Japan · 32 km deep
  12. 5.751 km E of Noda, Japan · 52 km deep
  13. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  14. 5.6191 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 50 km deep
  15. 6.0200 km E of Noda, Japan · 15 km deep
  16. 6.077 km N of Tatsugō, Japan · 14 km deep
  17. 5.771 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 42 km deep
  18. 6.520 km S of Urakawa, Japan · 50 km deep
  19. 7.3Bonin Islands, Japan region · 500 km deep
  20. 6.1167 km E of Noda, Japan · 23 km deep
  21. 6.0170 km E of Noda, Japan · 26 km deep
  22. 6.812 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan · 55 km deep
  23. 5.610 km W of Iiyama, Japan · 18 km deep
  24. 5.5169 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 26 km deep
  25. 6.1142 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 27 km deep
  26. 5.6156 km E of Miyako, Japan · 21 km deep
  27. 5.678 km SE of Kushima, Japan · 37 km deep
  28. 5.587 km E of Noda, Japan · 32 km deep
  29. 5.7132 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 22 km deep
  30. 6.0130 km E of Noda, Japan · 25 km deep
  31. 5.713 km SE of Ayabe, Japan · 10 km deep
  32. 5.9160 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 19 km deep
  33. 5.574 km S of Honchō, Japan · 22 km deep
  34. 5.887 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 38 km deep
  35. 5.74 km WNW of Akkeshi, Japan · 56 km deep
  36. 6.831 km SW of Yawatahama, Japan · 44 km deep
  37. 6.795 km SE of Yonabaru, Japan · 15 km deep
  38. 5.6184 km E of Noda, Japan · 16 km deep
  39. 6.1140 km ENE of Noda, Japan · 26 km deep
  40. 5.7145 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 21 km deep
  41. 5.6164 km E of Noda, Japan · 24 km deep
  42. 6.0113 km E of Miyako, Japan · 20 km deep
  43. 6.0109 km E of Yamada, Japan · 22 km deep
  44. 5.9134 km E of Noda, Japan · 19 km deep
  45. 5.5178 km ENE of Noda, Japan · 15 km deep
  46. 5.587 km E of Yamada, Japan · 27 km deep
  47. 5.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 28 km deep
  48. 6.368 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 39 km deep
  49. 5.768 km SE of Ginoza, Japan · 24 km deep
  50. 5.5150 km E of Miyako, Japan · 10 km deep
  51. 6.14 km ENE of Ogose, Japan · 58 km deep
  52. 5.591 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 22 km deep
  53. 5.811 km SSW of Honchō, Japan · 48 km deep
  54. 5.8139 km E of Miyako, Japan · 24 km deep
  55. 6.1166 km E of Noda, Japan · 21 km deep
  56. 5.899 km E of Yamada, Japan · 29 km deep
  57. 6.4182 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 25 km deep
  58. 5.9168 km E of Noda, Japan · 20 km deep
  59. 6.3121 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 41 km deep
  60. 5.675 km NNW of Tatsugō, Japan · 21 km deep
  61. 5.6137 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 140 km deep
  62. 5.681 km E of Yamada, Japan · 20 km deep
  63. 5.791 km E of Yamada, Japan · 25 km deep
  64. 5.885 km E of Yamada, Japan · 24 km deep
  65. 6.191 km E of Yamada, Japan · 34 km deep
  66. 5.999 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17 km deep
  67. 5.7122 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 16 km deep
  68. 5.891 km E of Yamada, Japan · 23 km deep
  69. 5.897 km E of Yamada, Japan · 31 km deep
  70. 6.288 km E of Yamada, Japan · 31 km deep
  71. 5.596 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 25 km deep
  72. 7.087 km E of Yamada, Japan · 32 km deep
  73. 5.5191 km E of Noda, Japan · 10 km deep
  74. 5.510 km SE of Tatsugō, Japan · 41 km deep
  75. 5.6182 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 26 km deep
  76. 5.887 km SSW of Honchō, Japan · 47 km deep
  77. 5.877 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 45 km deep
  78. 5.574 km S of Honchō, Japan · 23 km deep
  79. 5.5175 km E of Noda, Japan · 35 km deep
  80. 5.6146 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 28 km deep
  81. 6.1121 km E of Noda, Japan · 36 km deep
  82. 6.6141 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 27 km deep
  83. 5.5166 km E of Noda, Japan · 17 km deep
  84. 5.6153 km E of Noda, Japan · 17 km deep
  85. 6.055 km ENE of Noda, Japan · 45 km deep
  86. 6.069 km S of Honchō, Japan · 50 km deep
  87. 5.573 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 27 km deep
  88. 5.6124 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 28 km deep
  89. 5.9170 km ENE of Noda, Japan · 24 km deep
  90. 5.8184 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  91. 6.1137 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 37 km deep
  92. 5.998 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 17 km deep
  93. 6.299 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  94. 5.8180 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 23 km deep
  95. 6.1112 km E of Miyako, Japan · 38 km deep
  96. 6.4191 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan · 14 km deep
  97. 5.6155 km E of Miyako, Japan · 21 km deep
  98. 5.768 km S of Honchō, Japan · 45 km deep
  99. 6.2134 km E of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
  100. 5.6154 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 21 km deep
  101. 6.5111 km E of Miyako, Japan · 48 km deep
  102. 6.179 km SSW of Honchō, Japan · 33 km deep
  103. 6.1111 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 43 km deep
  104. 5.768 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 59 km deep
  105. 6.7146 km E of Miyako, Japan · 25 km deep
  106. 5.569 km E of Miyako, Japan · 36 km deep
  107. 7.970 km S of Honchō, Japan · 31 km deep
  108. 6.173 km SSW of Honchō, Japan · 30 km deep
  109. 6.1114 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 42 km deep
  110. 6.0165 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 25 km deep
  111. 8.21968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake · 27 km deep
  112. 6.7101 km WSW of Kurio, Japan · 160 km deep
  113. 5.828 km S of Shima, Japan · 28 km deep
  114. 5.779 km WNW of Hirara, Japan · 97 km deep
  115. 5.7106 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 20 km deep
  116. 5.8139 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 21 km deep
  117. 6.3138 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 25 km deep
  118. 5.8218 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  119. 5.7223 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19 km deep
  120. 6.851 km ESE of Hyūga, Japan · 33 km deep
  121. 7.560 km ESE of Nobeoka, Japan · 31 km deep
  122. 5.97 km ENE of Ōkuchi-shinohara, Japan · 15 km deep
  123. 5.9126 km E of Tomioka, Japan · 18 km deep
  124. 6.3189 km S of ?yama, Japan · 344 km deep
  125. 5.658 km E of Namie, Japan · 66 km deep
  126. 5.552 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15 km deep
  127. 6.08 km E of Ōkuchi-shinohara, Japan · 15 km deep
  128. 6.16 km S of Ōkuchi-shinohara, Japan · 10 km deep
  129. 6.111 km ESE of Ōkuchi-shinohara, Japan · 15 km deep
  130. 6.1222 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 22 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1968 in Japan.

  1. 8.21968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake · 27 km deep
  2. 7.970 km S of Honchō, Japan · 31 km deep
  3. 7.560 km ESE of Nobeoka, Japan · 31 km deep
  4. 7.3Bonin Islands, Japan region · 500 km deep
  5. 7.087 km E of Yamada, Japan · 32 km deep
  6. 6.851 km ESE of Hyūga, Japan · 33 km deep
  7. 6.812 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan · 55 km deep
  8. 6.831 km SW of Yawatahama, Japan · 44 km deep
  9. 6.795 km SE of Yonabaru, Japan · 15 km deep
  10. 6.7146 km E of Miyako, Japan · 25 km deep
  11. 6.7101 km WSW of Kurio, Japan · 160 km deep
  12. 6.6141 km ENE of Kuji, Japan · 27 km deep
  13. 6.5111 km E of Miyako, Japan · 48 km deep
  14. 6.520 km S of Urakawa, Japan · 50 km deep
  15. 6.4182 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 25 km deep
  16. 6.4191 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan · 14 km deep
  17. 6.368 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 39 km deep
  18. 6.3121 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 41 km deep
  19. 6.3138 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 25 km deep
  20. 6.3189 km S of ?yama, Japan · 344 km deep
  21. 6.299 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  22. 6.288 km E of Yamada, Japan · 31 km deep
  23. 6.274 km E of Noda, Japan · 49 km deep
  24. 6.2134 km E of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
  25. 6.179 km SSW of Honchō, Japan · 33 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 196816.1222 km SE of Katsuura, Japan
February 196866.3189 km S of ?yama, Japan
March 196825.97 km ENE of Ōkuchi-shinohara, Japan
April 196857.560 km ESE of Nobeoka, Japan
May 1968398.21968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake
June 1968267.087 km E of Yamada, Japan
July 1968146.368 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan
August 1968106.831 km SW of Yawatahama, Japan
September 196886.812 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan
October 196877.3Bonin Islands, Japan region
November 196896.274 km E of Noda, Japan
December 196835.836 km SSW of Honchō, 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.

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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.