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Japan earthquakes in 1971

65 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1971. The largest: M7.0 90 km SSE of Honchō, Japan, Aug 2, 1971.

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

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Where every quake of 1971 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1971

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 6.2102 km NE of Tatsugō, Japan · 48 km deep
  2. 5.539 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 67 km deep
  3. 5.459 km ESE of Isen, Japan · 15 km deep
  4. 5.7249 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 388 km deep
  5. 5.355 km E of Tomioka, Japan · 44 km deep
  6. 5.52 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 50 km deep
  7. 5.53 km E of Sawara, Japan · 32 km deep
  8. 5.538 km WNW of Kushiro, Japan · 115 km deep
  9. 6.3119 km E of Yamada, Japan · 21 km deep
  10. 5.55 km WNW of Ojiya, Japan · 182 km deep
  11. 5.1125 km E of Yamada, Japan · 26 km deep
  12. 5.6149 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 18 km deep
  13. 6.0137 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 25 km deep
  14. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 85 km deep
  15. 5.549 km ESE of Tomioka, Japan · 46 km deep
  16. 5.259 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 115 km deep
  17. 5.8115 km E of Tatsugō, Japan · 22 km deep
  18. 5.1146 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 39 km deep
  19. 5.8174 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan · 26 km deep
  20. 5.0134 km W of Makurazaki, Japan · 10 km deep
  21. 5.4250 km SE of Kushimoto, Japan · 385 km deep
  22. 5.6100 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 50 km deep
  23. 7.090 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 50 km deep
  24. 5.512 km S of Ōtsuki, Japan · 22 km deep
  25. 5.121 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 25 km deep
  26. 5.560 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 53 km deep
  27. 5.2123 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  28. 5.6133 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 21 km deep
  29. 5.3129 km E of Yamada, Japan · 42 km deep
  30. 5.216 km NE of Ichinomiya, Japan · 27 km deep
  31. 5.266 km WNW of Ie, Japan · 99 km deep
  32. 5.893 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  33. 5.233 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 44 km deep
  34. 5.0123 km WNW of Uken, Japan · 131 km deep
  35. 5.167 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 45 km deep
  36. 6.0129 km WNW of Fukaura, Japan · 231 km deep
  37. 5.383 km NW of Uken, Japan · 160 km deep
  38. 6.020 km SE of Kushima, Japan · 49 km deep
  39. 6.224 km SE of Kushima, Japan · 51 km deep
  40. 6.124 km SSE of Kushima, Japan · 27 km deep
  41. 5.3179 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 23 km deep
  42. 5.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 25 km deep
  43. 5.031 km S of Nishinoomote, Japan · 28 km deep
  44. 5.3110 km NNE of Hirara, Japan · 25 km deep
  45. 5.7182 km NW of Furubira, Japan · 15 km deep
  46. 5.474 km SSE of Akkeshi, Japan · 32 km deep
  47. 5.572 km SSE of Akkeshi, Japan · 34 km deep
  48. 5.776 km SSE of Akkeshi, Japan · 36 km deep
  49. 6.168 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 42 km deep
  50. 5.565 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 42 km deep
  51. 5.5101 km E of Tomioka, Japan · 33 km deep
  52. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
  53. 5.775 km SE of Hiroo, Japan · 32 km deep
  54. 5.655 km E of Noda, Japan · 51 km deep
  55. 5.5158 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 32 km deep
  56. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 450 km deep
  57. 5.8162 km ENE of Noda, Japan · 28 km deep
  58. 5.712 km E of Jōetsu, Japan · 18 km deep
  59. 5.048 km E of Kunigami, Japan · 38 km deep
  60. 5.252 km S of Honchō, Japan · 20 km deep
  61. 5.361 km SSW of Honchō, Japan · 41 km deep
  62. 5.557 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 43 km deep
  63. 5.922 km SW of Tahara, Japan · 40 km deep
  64. 5.692 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 23 km deep
  65. 5.2116 km SSE of Ōyama, Japan · 28 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1971 in Japan.

  1. 7.090 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 50 km deep
  2. 6.3119 km E of Yamada, Japan · 21 km deep
  3. 6.224 km SE of Kushima, Japan · 51 km deep
  4. 6.2102 km NE of Tatsugō, Japan · 48 km deep
  5. 6.124 km SSE of Kushima, Japan · 27 km deep
  6. 6.168 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 42 km deep
  7. 6.0129 km WNW of Fukaura, Japan · 231 km deep
  8. 6.020 km SE of Kushima, Japan · 49 km deep
  9. 6.0137 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 25 km deep
  10. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 450 km deep
  11. 5.922 km SW of Tahara, Japan · 40 km deep
  12. 5.8174 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan · 26 km deep
  13. 5.8115 km E of Tatsugō, Japan · 22 km deep
  14. 5.8162 km ENE of Noda, Japan · 28 km deep
  15. 5.893 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 25 km deep
  16. 5.712 km E of Jōetsu, Japan · 18 km deep
  17. 5.7249 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 388 km deep
  18. 5.776 km SSE of Akkeshi, Japan · 36 km deep
  19. 5.775 km SE of Hiroo, Japan · 32 km deep
  20. 5.7182 km NW of Furubira, Japan · 15 km deep
  21. 5.6133 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 21 km deep
  22. 5.6149 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 18 km deep
  23. 5.6100 km SSE of Honchō, Japan · 50 km deep
  24. 5.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 25 km deep
  25. 5.655 km E of Noda, Japan · 51 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 197155.922 km SW of Tahara, Japan
February 197145.8162 km ENE of Noda, Japan
March 197175.9Izu Islands, Japan region
April 197166.168 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan
May 197166.224 km SE of Kushima, Japan
June 197166.0129 km WNW of Fukaura, Japan
July 197185.6133 km ESE of Yamada, Japan
August 197177.090 km SSE of Honchō, Japan
September 197186.3119 km E of Yamada, Japan
October 197155.7249 km SE of Shing?, Japan
November 197136.2102 km NE of Tatsugō, Japan
December 19710

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 1971

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.