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Japan earthquakes in 1976

235 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1976. The largest: M6.3 119 km E of Naze, Japan, Dec 15, 1976.

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

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Where every quake of 1976 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1976

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  2. 5.236 km S of Obihiro, Japan · 107 km deep
  3. 4.7184 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 33 km deep
  4. 4.641 km ESE of Obihiro, Japan · 98 km deep
  5. 5.48 km NNW of Numata, Japan · 147 km deep
  6. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  7. 5.078 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 60 km deep
  8. 5.0140 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  9. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 418 km deep
  10. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  11. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  12. 4.9135 km E of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  13. 4.9121 km E of Naze, Japan · 34 km deep
  14. 5.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 49 km deep
  15. 5.3Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  16. 4.821 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 61 km deep
  17. 4.6127 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  18. 5.1119 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  19. 5.3122 km E of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  20. 4.861 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 50 km deep
  21. 5.3110 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 3 km deep
  22. 4.9110 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  23. 5.6110 km E of Naze, Japan · 39 km deep
  24. 4.9102 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 33 km deep
  25. 4.8140 km E of Naze, Japan · 40 km deep
  26. 6.3119 km E of Naze, Japan · 41 km deep
  27. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  28. 4.55 km WSW of Takahagi, Japan · 109 km deep
  29. 5.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 491 km deep
  30. 4.949 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 73 km deep
  31. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 496 km deep
  32. 5.061 km SSE of Toba, Japan · 342 km deep
  33. 5.2Bonin Islands, Japan region · 366 km deep
  34. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 541 km deep
  35. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 81 km deep
  36. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 82 km deep
  37. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 82 km deep
  38. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 36 km deep
  39. 5.139 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 65 km deep
  40. 5.230 km N of Aomori, Japan · 13 km deep
  41. 4.818 km W of Iiyama, Japan · 220 km deep
  42. 4.827 km WSW of Mutsu, Japan · 20 km deep
  43. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 429 km deep
  44. 4.633 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 67 km deep
  45. 5.288 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 44 km deep
  46. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 462 km deep
  47. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 495 km deep
  48. 4.612 km ENE of Gotenba, Japan · 30 km deep
  49. 4.824 km WSW of Nishinoomote, Japan · 59 km deep
  50. 5.158 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 45 km deep
  51. 4.8108 km NNW of Naze, Japan · 60 km deep
  52. 6.089 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 38 km deep
  53. 5.016 km WNW of Fujinomiya, Japan · 176 km deep
  54. 5.1100 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 56 km deep
  55. 5.0151 km E of Yamada, Japan · 10 km deep
  56. 5.5210 km N of Hirara, Japan · 218 km deep
  57. 4.949 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 63 km deep
  58. 5.2125 km NW of Hirara, Japan · 146 km deep
  59. 5.153 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 62 km deep
  60. 4.8southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 66 km deep
  61. 5.031 km SSW of Tateyama, Japan · 136 km deep
  62. 4.8197 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 42 km deep
  63. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 84 km deep
  64. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  65. 4.768 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 66 km deep
  66. 5.0112 km NNE of Hirara, Japan · 116 km deep
  67. 4.9230 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 33 km deep
  68. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 69 km deep
  69. 4.9169 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 39 km deep
  70. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 459 km deep
  71. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 112 km deep
  72. 5.3215 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 39 km deep
  73. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 29 km deep
  74. 5.2Volcano Islands, Japan region · 166 km deep
  75. 5.634 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 81 km deep
  76. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 466 km deep
  77. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 46 km deep
  78. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  79. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 197 km deep
  80. 5.2Volcano Islands, Japan region · 129 km deep
  81. 4.7137 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 53 km deep
  82. 4.6141 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  83. 5.0181 km E of Namie, Japan · 22 km deep
  84. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 129 km deep
  85. 4.6168 km NW of Mikuni, Japan · 370 km deep
  86. 5.0182 km E of Namie, Japan · 15 km deep
  87. 4.942 km SE of Koseda, Japan · 16 km deep
  88. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 38 km deep
  89. 4.5262 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 115 km deep
  90. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  91. 4.779 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  92. 5.113 km N of Shimoda, Japan · 27 km deep
  93. 4.974 km ESE of Mutsu, Japan · 70 km deep
  94. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 181 km deep
  95. 5.0182 km SSE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  96. 5.346 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 54 km deep
  97. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
  98. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 435 km deep
  99. 4.85 km ENE of Koga, Japan · 67 km deep
  100. 4.645 km E of Kushiro, Japan · 72 km deep
  101. 4.545 km SSE of Obihiro, Japan · 29 km deep
  102. 4.9225 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 367 km deep
  103. 4.891 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan · 74 km deep
  104. 4.7144 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 34 km deep
  105. 4.618 km S of Makurazaki, Japan · 168 km deep
  106. 4.766 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 23 km deep
  107. 5.042 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 40 km deep
  108. 4.6eastern Honshu, Japan · 79 km deep
  109. 5.0260 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 32 km deep
  110. 5.05 km W of Iwai, Japan · 65 km deep
  111. 5.323 km W of Naze, Japan · 61 km deep
  112. 5.1Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  113. 5.0196 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 50 km deep
  114. 5.470 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 55 km deep
  115. 5.131 km ENE of Shinj?, Japan · 16 km deep
  116. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  117. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 53 km deep
  118. 4.975 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan · 37 km deep
  119. 4.667 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 95 km deep
  120. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  121. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 130 km deep
  122. 5.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 433 km deep
  123. 4.882 km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan · 40 km deep
  124. 4.715 km SSW of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  125. 5.863 km E of Hirara, Japan · 36 km deep
  126. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  127. 4.514 km NW of Hadano, Japan · 38 km deep
  128. 4.514 km SSW of Uenohara, Japan · 33 km deep
  129. 5.49 km S of ?tsuki, Japan · 28 km deep
  130. 4.915 km S of Uenohara, Japan · 34 km deep
  131. 4.91 km SW of Kisai, Japan · 73 km deep
  132. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  133. 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  134. 5.7117 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 21 km deep
  135. 5.264 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 62 km deep
  136. 4.683 km NNE of Naze, Japan · 40 km deep
  137. 4.663 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  138. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 25 km deep
  139. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  140. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  141. 5.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  142. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 446 km deep
  143. 4.5117 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  144. 5.041 km ESE of Koseda, Japan · 34 km deep
  145. 5.2137 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 35 km deep
  146. 4.714 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan · 64 km deep
  147. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 209 km deep
  148. 4.556 km SSE of Obihiro, Japan · 95 km deep
  149. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 391 km deep
  150. 5.0184 km SSE of Hirara, Japan · 15 km deep
  151. 5.057 km SSW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 69 km deep
  152. 4.682 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 56 km deep
  153. 4.670 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 103 km deep
  154. 5.345 km ESE of Shimoda, Japan · 33 km deep
  155. 5.5163 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 43 km deep
  156. 4.760 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 52 km deep
  157. 4.728 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 61 km deep
  158. 4.7141 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  159. 5.5125 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 17 km deep
  160. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 452 km deep
  161. 4.9182 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  162. 5.1110 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 33 km deep
  163. 5.338 km ESE of Hakodate, Japan · 99 km deep
  164. 4.7156 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 24 km deep
  165. 4.9134 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  166. 4.7151 km E of Miyako, Japan · 30 km deep
  167. 5.0138 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  168. 4.9143 km E of Miyako, Japan · 16 km deep
  169. 4.8159 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  170. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 416 km deep
  171. 4.8122 km E of Miyako, Japan · 28 km deep
  172. 5.571 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 34 km deep
  173. 4.6181 km E of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  174. 4.9123 km E of Yamada, Japan · 46 km deep
  175. 5.0119 km E of Yamada, Japan · 49 km deep
  176. 5.3119 km E of Yamada, Japan · 40 km deep
  177. 5.4111 km E of Miyako, Japan · 42 km deep
  178. 5.0184 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 29 km deep
  179. 4.748 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 43 km deep
  180. 5.176 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 53 km deep
  181. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 39 km deep
  182. 4.955 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 124 km deep
  183. 4.556 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 75 km deep
  184. 4.856 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 56 km deep
  185. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 32 km deep
  186. 4.646 km NE of Misawa, Japan · 74 km deep
  187. 4.753 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 31 km deep
  188. 4.647 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 34 km deep
  189. 4.6181 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 23 km deep
  190. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 48 km deep
  191. 4.5106 km ENE of Naze, Japan · 37 km deep
  192. 5.2123 km SSE of Naze, Japan · 36 km deep
  193. 4.792 km SSE of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  194. 4.723 km SSE of Tahara, Japan · 314 km deep
  195. 4.839 km NW of Tsuma, Japan · 106 km deep
  196. 4.9110 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 33 km deep
  197. 4.5242 km NW of Mikuni, Japan · 388 km deep
  198. 4.5226 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 57 km deep
  199. 4.74 km SSE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 57 km deep
  200. 4.915 km W of Sendai, Japan · 133 km deep
  201. 5.2126 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 49 km deep
  202. 4.921 km N of Iwaki, Japan · 103 km deep
  203. 4.97 km W of Funaishikawa, Japan · 98 km deep
  204. 4.8189 km SE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  205. 5.061 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 38 km deep
  206. 5.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 548 km deep
  207. 4.6151 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 50 km deep
  208. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 272 km deep
  209. 4.715 km E of Tochio-honch?, Japan · 26 km deep
  210. 5.636 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 78 km deep
  211. 5.5151 km S of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  212. 5.491 km NNE of Nago, Japan · 59 km deep
  213. 4.813 km WSW of Iwakuni, Japan · 43 km deep
  214. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 394 km deep
  215. 4.864 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 71 km deep
  216. 4.723 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 111 km deep
  217. 5.475 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  218. 4.8270 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 50 km deep
  219. 5.498 km NNE of Nago, Japan · 56 km deep
  220. 4.6off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan · 33 km deep
  221. 4.9140 km SSE of Toba, Japan · 451 km deep
  222. 4.68 km WNW of Ishige, Japan · 65 km deep
  223. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  224. 4.9105 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 49 km deep
  225. 5.2187 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 407 km deep
  226. 5.2Volcano Islands, Japan region · 113 km deep
  227. 5.317 km NW of Chatan, Japan · 58 km deep
  228. 4.776 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 37 km deep
  229. 4.870 km ESE of Nago, Japan · 66 km deep
  230. 4.787 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 49 km deep
  231. 5.0122 km E of Miyako, Japan · 27 km deep
  232. 4.695 km ESE of Nago, Japan · 46 km deep
  233. 5.183 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 48 km deep
  234. 5.782 km E of Nago, Japan · 21 km deep
  235. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 388 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1976 in Japan.

  1. 6.3119 km E of Naze, Japan · 41 km deep
  2. 6.089 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 38 km deep
  3. 5.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 491 km deep
  4. 5.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 49 km deep
  5. 5.863 km E of Hirara, Japan · 36 km deep
  6. 5.7117 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 21 km deep
  7. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  8. 5.782 km E of Nago, Japan · 21 km deep
  9. 5.6110 km E of Naze, Japan · 39 km deep
  10. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 36 km deep
  11. 5.634 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 81 km deep
  12. 5.636 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 78 km deep
  13. 5.5210 km N of Hirara, Japan · 218 km deep
  14. 5.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 433 km deep
  15. 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  16. 5.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  17. 5.5163 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 43 km deep
  18. 5.5125 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 17 km deep
  19. 5.571 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 34 km deep
  20. 5.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 548 km deep
  21. 5.5151 km S of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  22. 5.48 km NNW of Numata, Japan · 147 km deep
  23. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  24. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 69 km deep
  25. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 435 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1976225.782 km E of Nago, Japan
February 1976155.636 km SE of Nemuro, Japan
March 1976265.4111 km E of Miyako, Japan
April 1976215.5163 km SE of Katsuura, Japan
May 1976165.7Izu Islands, Japan region
June 1976175.863 km E of Hirara, Japan
July 1976185.470 km NNE of Miyako, Japan
August 1976125.4Izu Islands, Japan region
September 1976105.2Volcano Islands, Japan region
October 1976215.634 km E of Iwaki, Japan
November 1976196.089 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
December 1976386.3119 km E of Naze, 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 1976

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.