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Japan earthquakes in 1974

277 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1974. The largest: M6.5 25 km SW of Shimoda, Japan, May 9, 1974.

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

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Every quake of 1974

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.6105 km E of Yamada, Japan · 51 km deep
  2. 4.845 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 117 km deep
  3. 4.956 km SW of Hirara, Japan · 69 km deep
  4. 4.760 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 47 km deep
  5. 4.878 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 64 km deep
  6. 4.761 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 69 km deep
  7. 4.569 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 58 km deep
  8. 4.5194 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 28 km deep
  9. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  10. 4.6off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan · 33 km deep
  11. 5.0120 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 36 km deep
  12. 4.7115 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  13. 4.550 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 129 km deep
  14. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 19 km deep
  15. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  16. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  17. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  18. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  19. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  20. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  21. 4.883 km E of Nago, Japan · 20 km deep
  22. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  23. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 37 km deep
  24. 6.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 419 km deep
  25. 4.511 km WSW of Takedamachi, Japan · 119 km deep
  26. 5.4102 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  27. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  28. 4.894 km ESE of Nago, Japan · 7 km deep
  29. 4.826 km NNW of Obama, Japan · 353 km deep
  30. 4.511 km WNW of Ichihara, Japan · 77 km deep
  31. 4.987 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 173 km deep
  32. 4.5near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 111 km deep
  33. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  34. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  35. 5.084 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 42 km deep
  36. 4.525 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 70 km deep
  37. 5.814 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 36 km deep
  38. 4.637 km WSW of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  39. 4.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 68 km deep
  40. 5.07 km NW of Naze, Japan · 44 km deep
  41. 5.4127 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 27 km deep
  42. 6.021 km SE of Tomakomai, Japan · 132 km deep
  43. 4.8198 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 153 km deep
  44. 5.056 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 55 km deep
  45. 4.827 km NNE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 130 km deep
  46. 4.9108 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16 km deep
  47. 4.894 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 36 km deep
  48. 5.197 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 44 km deep
  49. 4.94 km ENE of Kushiro, Japan · 121 km deep
  50. 4.7126 km E of Yamada, Japan · 32 km deep
  51. 5.175 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 67 km deep
  52. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 95 km deep
  53. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 72 km deep
  54. 4.73 km NNE of Sakai, Japan · 62 km deep
  55. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 422 km deep
  56. 5.842 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 33 km deep
  57. 4.931 km NNW of Mombetsu, Japan · 19 km deep
  58. 4.78 km ESE of Chiba, Japan · 45 km deep
  59. 4.7200 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  60. 5.1111 km NNE of Abashiri, Japan · 223 km deep
  61. 5.267 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 43 km deep
  62. 4.7200 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 61 km deep
  63. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 45 km deep
  64. 5.4194 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 63 km deep
  65. 4.572 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 27 km deep
  66. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  67. 4.7172 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  68. 5.35 km WSW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 24 km deep
  69. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 27 km deep
  70. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 17 km deep
  71. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 435 km deep
  72. 5.6166 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 24 km deep
  73. 5.5183 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 22 km deep
  74. 4.9178 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 21 km deep
  75. 4.5176 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 29 km deep
  76. 5.7180 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  77. 4.5159 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 30 km deep
  78. 4.9166 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 14 km deep
  79. 4.7163 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 10 km deep
  80. 6.0168 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 24 km deep
  81. 5.3161 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 26 km deep
  82. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  83. 6.2144 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 45 km deep
  84. 6.2146 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 29 km deep
  85. 5.05 km SE of Koga, Japan · 56 km deep
  86. 4.73 km NNW of Sakai, Japan · 56 km deep
  87. 4.532 km SSE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 42 km deep
  88. 4.6213 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 67 km deep
  89. 4.7209 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 60 km deep
  90. 4.628 km NNW of Otofuke, Japan · 142 km deep
  91. 4.766 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 49 km deep
  92. 4.6213 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 56 km deep
  93. 4.8212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 59 km deep
  94. 4.56 km W of Funaishikawa, Japan · 70 km deep
  95. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  96. 4.7173 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 59 km deep
  97. 4.781 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 66 km deep
  98. 6.1186 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 46 km deep
  99. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 117 km deep
  100. 4.9255 km E of Yamada, Japan · 42 km deep
  101. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  102. 4.770 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 37 km deep
  103. 5.651 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 51 km deep
  104. 4.737 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 31 km deep
  105. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 135 km deep
  106. 4.9105 km S of Koshima, Japan · 24 km deep
  107. 5.076 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  108. 4.998 km S of Koshima, Japan · 33 km deep
  109. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  110. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  111. 4.723 km NE of Hanamaki, Japan · 85 km deep
  112. 5.338 km E of Ichinohe, Japan · 55 km deep
  113. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 451 km deep
  114. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  115. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 15 km deep
  116. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 16 km deep
  117. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 10 km deep
  118. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  119. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 38 km deep
  120. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 389 km deep
  121. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 24 km deep
  122. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 46 km deep
  123. 5.042 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 51 km deep
  124. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 40 km deep
  125. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  126. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  127. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 81 km deep
  128. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 40 km deep
  129. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  130. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  131. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  132. 4.585 km WNW of Kamiiso, Japan · 165 km deep
  133. 4.518 km E of Honch?, Japan · 141 km deep
  134. 4.8145 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 31 km deep
  135. 4.7148 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 27 km deep
  136. 5.3159 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 23 km deep
  137. 4.86 km W of Hikone, Japan · 53 km deep
  138. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 417 km deep
  139. 5.3127 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 41 km deep
  140. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 61 km deep
  141. 4.868 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 71 km deep
  142. 4.768 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 50 km deep
  143. 6.033 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 32 km deep
  144. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 90 km deep
  145. 5.66 km ENE of Kasukabe, Japan · 58 km deep
  146. 4.8144 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 34 km deep
  147. 5.1153 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 24 km deep
  148. 4.8148 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 38 km deep
  149. 4.533 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
  150. 4.7127 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 16 km deep
  151. 4.7214 km WNW of Noshiro, Japan · 299 km deep
  152. 4.826 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 38 km deep
  153. 4.6173 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 133 km deep
  154. 5.1196 km N of Hirara, Japan · 97 km deep
  155. 4.742 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 73 km deep
  156. 4.716 km NW of Shimoda, Japan · 16 km deep
  157. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 425 km deep
  158. 6.045 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 35 km deep
  159. 4.823 km WNW of ?zu, Japan · 65 km deep
  160. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 445 km deep
  161. 4.7175 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 28 km deep
  162. 4.571 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 85 km deep
  163. 5.059 km SE of Nobeoka, Japan · 39 km deep
  164. 5.9101 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 16 km deep
  165. 5.0157 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 9 km deep
  166. 4.757 km NNE of Abashiri, Japan · 189 km deep
  167. 5.3139 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 393 km deep
  168. 4.874 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 29 km deep
  169. 4.517 km SSE of Ichinoseki, Japan · 11 km deep
  170. 4.659 km SW of Kushiro, Japan · 94 km deep
  171. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 69 km deep
  172. 5.282 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 40 km deep
  173. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 428 km deep
  174. 4.666 km NE of Mutsu, Japan · 83 km deep
  175. 5.0105 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 60 km deep
  176. 4.517 km WSW of Kushiro, Japan · 132 km deep
  177. 4.889 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 46 km deep
  178. 4.685 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 41 km deep
  179. 4.7110 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 33 km deep
  180. 4.726 km NNW of Shizuoka, Japan · 31 km deep
  181. 4.5152 km S of ?yama, Japan · 313 km deep
  182. 4.6132 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 46 km deep
  183. 4.891 km S of Naze, Japan · 65 km deep
  184. 4.8near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 33 km deep
  185. 4.6244 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 17 km deep
  186. 5.845 km NE of Hirara, Japan · 18 km deep
  187. 5.3Bonin Islands, Japan region · 471 km deep
  188. 4.6229 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 30 km deep
  189. 4.6194 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 58 km deep
  190. 4.712 km E of Ichinohe, Japan · 93 km deep
  191. 5.097 km S of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  192. 6.525 km SW of Shimoda, Japan · 2 km deep
  193. 5.053 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 36 km deep
  194. 5.668 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 48 km deep
  195. 4.596 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 14 km deep
  196. 4.590 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 33 km deep
  197. 5.082 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  198. 4.968 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 14 km deep
  199. 4.682 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  200. 4.883 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 42 km deep
  201. 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 50 km deep
  202. 5.0130 km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  203. 4.899 km N of Hirara, Japan · 44 km deep
  204. 4.522 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 64 km deep
  205. 4.9135 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 58 km deep
  206. 4.639 km NE of Misawa, Japan · 71 km deep
  207. 5.151 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 66 km deep
  208. 4.711 km WNW of Miura, Japan · 126 km deep
  209. 4.8176 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 42 km deep
  210. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 65 km deep
  211. 5.172 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 33 km deep
  212. 5.172 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 33 km deep
  213. 4.528 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 62 km deep
  214. 4.769 km SE of Kushiro, Japan · 82 km deep
  215. 5.364 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 75 km deep
  216. 4.54 km SSW of Ami, Japan · 76 km deep
  217. 5.320 km SE of Yanagawamachi-saiwaich?, Japan · 97 km deep
  218. 4.72 km SE of Shiraoi, Japan · 122 km deep
  219. 4.729 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 73 km deep
  220. 5.436 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 41 km deep
  221. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 16 km deep
  222. 4.527 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 84 km deep
  223. 4.7168 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 38 km deep
  224. 4.748 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan · 55 km deep
  225. 4.537 km E of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  226. 4.6201 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 60 km deep
  227. 5.098 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 53 km deep
  228. 4.6298 km SSE of ?yama, Japan · 64 km deep
  229. 4.558 km SE of Obihiro, Japan · 94 km deep
  230. 4.584 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 83 km deep
  231. 5.370 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 43 km deep
  232. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 77 km deep
  233. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 109 km deep
  234. 5.0near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 58 km deep
  235. 5.1140 km NW of Naha, Japan · 140 km deep
  236. 4.71 km W of Seto, Japan · 301 km deep
  237. 5.281 km N of Nago, Japan · 74 km deep
  238. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 12 km deep
  239. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 29 km deep
  240. 4.8138 km S of Hirara, Japan · 69 km deep
  241. 5.0Kyushu, Japan · 80 km deep
  242. 5.563 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 42 km deep
  243. 5.065 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 59 km deep
  244. 5.613 km SSE of Y?kaichiba, Japan · 46 km deep
  245. 4.762 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 73 km deep
  246. 5.357 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 64 km deep
  247. 6.0107 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 385 km deep
  248. 5.3136 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  249. 4.650 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 81 km deep
  250. 4.8119 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 46 km deep
  251. 4.961 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 72 km deep
  252. 4.816 km NE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 113 km deep
  253. 5.08 km S of Nagoya, Japan · 55 km deep
  254. 4.7125 km E of Miyako, Japan · 43 km deep
  255. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 443 km deep
  256. 4.76 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 91 km deep
  257. 4.751 km N of Yoichi, Japan · 218 km deep
  258. 4.6160 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 42 km deep
  259. 5.623 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan · 37 km deep
  260. 4.762 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 57 km deep
  261. 4.613 km SE of Asahi, Japan · 53 km deep
  262. 4.8off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan · 62 km deep
  263. 5.0133 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 41 km deep
  264. 5.2120 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 41 km deep
  265. 6.1101 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 45 km deep
  266. 5.2Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  267. 4.7152 km SSW of Itoman, Japan · 128 km deep
  268. 4.6142 km WSW of Kurio, Japan · 115 km deep
  269. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  270. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  271. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 38 km deep
  272. 5.230 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan · 37 km deep
  273. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 40 km deep
  274. 5.194 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 47 km deep
  275. 4.863 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 69 km deep
  276. 5.7163 km NW of Hirara, Japan · 205 km deep
  277. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 10 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1974 in Japan.

  1. 6.525 km SW of Shimoda, Japan · 2 km deep
  2. 6.2144 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 45 km deep
  3. 6.2146 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 29 km deep
  4. 6.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 419 km deep
  5. 6.1186 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 46 km deep
  6. 6.1101 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 45 km deep
  7. 6.021 km SE of Tomakomai, Japan · 132 km deep
  8. 6.0168 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 24 km deep
  9. 6.033 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 32 km deep
  10. 6.045 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 35 km deep
  11. 6.0107 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 385 km deep
  12. 5.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  13. 5.9101 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 16 km deep
  14. 5.814 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 36 km deep
  15. 5.842 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 33 km deep
  16. 5.845 km NE of Hirara, Japan · 18 km deep
  17. 5.7180 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 15 km deep
  18. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 24 km deep
  19. 5.7163 km NW of Hirara, Japan · 205 km deep
  20. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 10 km deep
  21. 5.6166 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 24 km deep
  22. 5.651 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 51 km deep
  23. 5.66 km ENE of Kasukabe, Japan · 58 km deep
  24. 5.668 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 48 km deep
  25. 5.613 km SSE of Y?kaichiba, Japan · 46 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1974196.1101 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan
February 1974146.0107 km SE of Shing?, Japan
March 1974225.613 km SSE of Y?kaichiba, Japan
April 1974225.436 km E of Mutsu, Japan
May 1974216.525 km SW of Shimoda, Japan
June 1974175.9101 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan
July 1974146.045 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan
August 1974286.033 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan
September 1974316.1186 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
October 1974376.2144 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan
November 1974296.1Izu Islands, Japan region
December 1974235.0120 km SE of Nemuro, 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.

Nearby

Japan nowWorldwide in 1974

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.