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Japan earthquakes in 1972

56 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1972. The largest: M7.3 206 km SSE of Wada, Japan, Dec 4, 1972.

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

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Where every quake of 1972 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1972

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 5.4227 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 38 km deep
  2. 5.4179 km E of Noda, Japan · 30 km deep
  3. 5.9222 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 25 km deep
  4. 5.6218 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 55 km deep
  5. 7.3206 km SSE of Wada, Japan · 26 km deep
  6. 5.838 km E of Miyazaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  7. 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 381 km deep
  8. 5.175 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 27 km deep
  9. 5.575 km S of Honchō, Japan · 71 km deep
  10. 5.5167 km S of Ōyama, Japan · 342 km deep
  11. 5.610 km NNW of China, Japan · 48 km deep
  12. 5.737 km SE of Ōyama, Japan · 22 km deep
  13. 5.269 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 50 km deep
  14. 5.447 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 60 km deep
  15. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 16 km deep
  16. 5.372 km NNW of Ishigaki, Japan · 102 km deep
  17. 5.15 km ESE of Shimabara, Japan · 11 km deep
  18. 6.288 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 51 km deep
  19. 5.820 km E of Ono, Japan · 10 km deep
  20. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  21. 5.717 km E of Tsuruoka, Japan · 12 km deep
  22. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 27 km deep
  23. 5.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 22 km deep
  24. 5.368 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 60 km deep
  25. 5.2266 km ESE of Taira, Japan · 10 km deep
  26. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
  27. 5.352 km SSW of Miyakojima, Japan · 31 km deep
  28. 5.758 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 45 km deep
  29. 5.550 km E of Namie, Japan · 57 km deep
  30. 5.250 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan · 36 km deep
  31. 6.040 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 36 km deep
  32. 5.67 km WNW of Hiroo, Japan · 55 km deep
  33. 5.2176 km SSE of Miyakojima, Japan · 15 km deep
  34. 5.5259 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 10 km deep
  35. 5.4Volcano Islands, Japan region · 25 km deep
  36. 5.8105 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan · 31 km deep
  37. 6.0145 km E of Noda, Japan · 37 km deep
  38. 5.831 km SSW of Akkeshi, Japan · 63 km deep
  39. 5.6195 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 43 km deep
  40. 5.673 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 32 km deep
  41. 5.365 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 38 km deep
  42. 5.4Bonin Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  43. 6.357 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 44 km deep
  44. 6.234 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 44 km deep
  45. 6.253 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 71 km deep
  46. 5.8202 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 38 km deep
  47. 5.227 km WNW of Iheya, Japan · 18 km deep
  48. 5.6211 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 41 km deep
  49. 5.4196 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 58 km deep
  50. 6.0195 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 57 km deep
  51. 7.2193 km SSE of Wada, Japan · 46 km deep
  52. 5.151 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 25 km deep
  53. 5.382 km E of Noda, Japan · 43 km deep
  54. 5.8136 km E of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
  55. 5.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 75 km deep
  56. 5.138 km SE of Koseda, Japan · 28 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1972 in Japan.

  1. 7.3206 km SSE of Wada, Japan · 26 km deep
  2. 7.2193 km SSE of Wada, Japan · 46 km deep
  3. 6.357 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 44 km deep
  4. 6.253 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 71 km deep
  5. 6.288 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 51 km deep
  6. 6.234 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 44 km deep
  7. 6.0195 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 57 km deep
  8. 6.040 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 36 km deep
  9. 6.0145 km E of Noda, Japan · 37 km deep
  10. 5.9222 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 25 km deep
  11. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 27 km deep
  12. 5.838 km E of Miyazaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  13. 5.8202 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 38 km deep
  14. 5.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 22 km deep
  15. 5.820 km E of Ono, Japan · 10 km deep
  16. 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 381 km deep
  17. 5.831 km SSW of Akkeshi, Japan · 63 km deep
  18. 5.8136 km E of Miyako, Japan · 35 km deep
  19. 5.8105 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan · 31 km deep
  20. 5.758 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan · 45 km deep
  21. 5.737 km SE of Ōyama, Japan · 22 km deep
  22. 5.717 km E of Tsuruoka, Japan · 12 km deep
  23. 5.6195 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 43 km deep
  24. 5.67 km WNW of Hiroo, Japan · 55 km deep
  25. 5.6211 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 41 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 197225.6Bonin Islands, Japan region
February 197257.2193 km SSE of Wada, Japan
March 197266.253 km ENE of Misawa, Japan
April 197246.357 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan
May 197266.0145 km E of Noda, Japan
June 197256.040 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan
July 197275.9Izu Islands, Japan region
August 197235.820 km E of Ono, Japan
September 197256.288 km S of Yudomari, Japan
October 197245.737 km SE of Ōyama, Japan
November 197235.8Bonin Islands, Japan region
December 197267.3206 km SSE of Wada, 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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Japan nowWorldwide in 1972

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.