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Japan earthquakes in 1977

232 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1977. The largest: M6.8 Volcano Islands, Japan region, Dec 21, 1977.

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

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Where every quake of 1977 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1977

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 424 km deep
  2. 5.2Bonin Islands, Japan region · 529 km deep
  3. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 471 km deep
  4. 4.7109 km SE of Owase, Japan · 344 km deep
  5. 5.0128 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 18 km deep
  6. 5.0137 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 14 km deep
  7. 5.1135 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 32 km deep
  8. 6.0104 km ESE of ?tsuchi, Japan · 41 km deep
  9. 5.4105 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 23 km deep
  10. 5.9110 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 19 km deep
  11. 5.3110 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 23 km deep
  12. 4.682 km ESE of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  13. 5.5209 km NW of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  14. 5.2123 km SE of Nichinan, Japan · 33 km deep
  15. 4.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  16. 6.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  17. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 299 km deep
  18. 4.9137 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  19. 4.7122 km E of Yamada, Japan · 36 km deep
  20. 4.5119 km E of Namie, Japan · 39 km deep
  21. 4.6290 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  22. 5.626 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 46 km deep
  23. 5.1238 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  24. 5.0290 km SSE of ?yama, Japan · 33 km deep
  25. 4.968 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 70 km deep
  26. 5.0117 km NE of Mombetsu, Japan · 33 km deep
  27. 4.8178 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 41 km deep
  28. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 419 km deep
  29. 4.665 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 153 km deep
  30. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 84 km deep
  31. 4.864 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 67 km deep
  32. 4.5Hokkaido, Japan region · 33 km deep
  33. 4.8129 km W of Iwanai, Japan · 228 km deep
  34. 4.9Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 145 km deep
  35. 5.44 km WNW of Yatsuomachi-higashikumisaka, Japan · 273 km deep
  36. 4.779 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 71 km deep
  37. 5.5143 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 112 km deep
  38. 5.125 km N of Honch?, Japan · 135 km deep
  39. 5.148 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 69 km deep
  40. 5.038 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 129 km deep
  41. 5.113 km NE of Inashiki, Japan · 106 km deep
  42. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 412 km deep
  43. 4.869 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 68 km deep
  44. 4.8102 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 101 km deep
  45. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 1 km deep
  46. 4.5243 km E of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  47. 4.9171 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  48. 4.76 km N of Iwai, Japan · 70 km deep
  49. 4.8169 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 19 km deep
  50. 5.173 km E of ?arai, Japan · 41 km deep
  51. 5.0193 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 56 km deep
  52. 4.952 km E of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 44 km deep
  53. 5.053 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 68 km deep
  54. 4.814 km E of Miyazaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  55. 4.685 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 42 km deep
  56. 4.9106 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 63 km deep
  57. 5.0170 km NW of Naze, Japan · 27 km deep
  58. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 61 km deep
  59. 5.1138 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  60. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  61. 4.76 km NW of Ishige, Japan · 74 km deep
  62. 5.4eastern Honshu, Japan · 66 km deep
  63. 4.88 km NW of Sakura, Japan · 75 km deep
  64. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 204 km deep
  65. 4.8133 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 63 km deep
  66. 4.820 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 73 km deep
  67. 4.696 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 66 km deep
  68. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  69. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 173 km deep
  70. 4.8230 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 33 km deep
  71. 4.8110 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 49 km deep
  72. 5.2184 km W of Kamiiso, Japan · 32 km deep
  73. 5.6199 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 17 km deep
  74. 4.879 km ENE of Hirara, Japan · 44 km deep
  75. 4.9102 km E of Miyako, Japan · 30 km deep
  76. 4.9161 km SSE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  77. 5.6129 km W of Naha, Japan · 97 km deep
  78. 4.977 km SSE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 44 km deep
  79. 5.6200 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  80. 4.774 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 60 km deep
  81. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 428 km deep
  82. 4.518 km NNW of Takedamachi, Japan · 144 km deep
  83. 5.2158 km SSE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  84. 5.0135 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 17 km deep
  85. 4.87 km SE of Naze, Japan · 87 km deep
  86. 5.560 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 42 km deep
  87. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  88. 4.943 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 131 km deep
  89. 4.963 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 113 km deep
  90. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 424 km deep
  91. 4.54 km W of Kainan, Japan · 9 km deep
  92. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  93. 4.9172 km W of Kamiiso, Japan · 33 km deep
  94. 4.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 62 km deep
  95. 5.1southeast of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 33 km deep
  96. 4.647 km NNW of Nayoro, Japan · 157 km deep
  97. 4.827 km S of Hasaki, Japan · 52 km deep
  98. 4.79 km SSW of Kainan, Japan · 6 km deep
  99. 4.853 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 56 km deep
  100. 4.654 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 69 km deep
  101. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  102. 4.9136 km S of Naze, Japan · 30 km deep
  103. 4.716 km NNE of Morioka, Japan · 100 km deep
  104. 4.6119 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  105. 5.029 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 48 km deep
  106. 4.897 km SE of Tateyama, Japan · 33 km deep
  107. 4.948 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 99 km deep
  108. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  109. 4.51 km N of Goshogawara, Japan · 60 km deep
  110. 5.2173 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 31 km deep
  111. 5.0172 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  112. 5.378 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan · 53 km deep
  113. 5.2Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 31 km deep
  114. 5.0175 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 20 km deep
  115. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 465 km deep
  116. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  117. 4.75 km E of Kumamoto, Japan · 18 km deep
  118. 4.6247 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 51 km deep
  119. 5.1265 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 34 km deep
  120. 4.7near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 30 km deep
  121. 5.110 km SE of T?gane, Japan · 35 km deep
  122. 4.513 km NE of ?hara, Japan · 35 km deep
  123. 4.519 km ENE of ?hara, Japan · 33 km deep
  124. 4.751 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 72 km deep
  125. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 47 km deep
  126. 5.124 km W of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 108 km deep
  127. 4.6199 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 24 km deep
  128. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 276 km deep
  129. 4.8southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 35 km deep
  130. 5.521 km NE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 78 km deep
  131. 4.662 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 36 km deep
  132. 4.650 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 66 km deep
  133. 5.111 km NW of Ichihara, Japan · 65 km deep
  134. 5.0283 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  135. 5.06 km S of Nakano, Japan · 7 km deep
  136. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 381 km deep
  137. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 70 km deep
  138. 5.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 9 km deep
  139. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 431 km deep
  140. 5.1Bonin Islands, Japan region · 340 km deep
  141. 4.784 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 162 km deep
  142. 5.3187 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 49 km deep
  143. 4.8175 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 26 km deep
  144. 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 430 km deep
  145. 4.63 km SSW of Chiba, Japan · 74 km deep
  146. 4.956 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 50 km deep
  147. 5.4132 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan · 109 km deep
  148. 4.9278 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 92 km deep
  149. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 10 km deep
  150. 4.86 km NNW of Hadano, Japan · 172 km deep
  151. 4.929 km SSE of Nayoro, Japan · 216 km deep
  152. 5.048 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 71 km deep
  153. 4.9214 km SSE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  154. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 312 km deep
  155. 4.69 km ESE of ?dach?-?da, Japan · 6 km deep
  156. 4.821 km SSW of Obihiro, Japan · 121 km deep
  157. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 25 km deep
  158. 5.079 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 44 km deep
  159. 5.286 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 33 km deep
  160. 5.081 km W of Iwanai, Japan · 33 km deep
  161. 5.0154 km WNW of Nago, Japan · 33 km deep
  162. 4.658 km S of Hirara, Japan · 66 km deep
  163. 5.2Bonin Islands, Japan region · 27 km deep
  164. 4.7227 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 33 km deep
  165. 6.2Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  166. 5.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 493 km deep
  167. 5.31 km SW of Funaishikawa, Japan · 65 km deep
  168. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  169. 5.088 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 178 km deep
  170. 4.6242 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 36 km deep
  171. 5.116 km SE of Miyazaki, Japan · 44 km deep
  172. 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  173. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  174. 4.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  175. 4.610 km E of Omigawa, Japan · 61 km deep
  176. 4.576 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 52 km deep
  177. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 16 km deep
  178. 4.7134 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 52 km deep
  179. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  180. 4.56 km NE of Ishige, Japan · 82 km deep
  181. 4.6116 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  182. 4.5100 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 56 km deep
  183. 4.822 km W of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  184. 4.842 km W of Yonakuni, Japan · 74 km deep
  185. 5.1152 km SE of Naze, Japan · 8 km deep
  186. 4.543 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 73 km deep
  187. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  188. 4.672 km SSW of ?yama, Japan · 315 km deep
  189. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  190. 5.0186 km WNW of Shimokizukuri, Japan · 33 km deep
  191. 4.5235 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 46 km deep
  192. 5.429 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 24 km deep
  193. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  194. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 495 km deep
  195. 4.874 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 76 km deep
  196. 5.313 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 75 km deep
  197. 4.9178 km W of Kamiiso, Japan · 30 km deep
  198. 4.6249 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 38 km deep
  199. 5.2228 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 52 km deep
  200. 6.0229 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 42 km deep
  201. 5.670 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 5 km deep
  202. 4.622 km SSE of Kamikawa, Japan · 195 km deep
  203. 4.86 km E of Honch?, Japan · 79 km deep
  204. 4.7145 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 50 km deep
  205. 4.837 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 42 km deep
  206. 5.121 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 47 km deep
  207. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 429 km deep
  208. 4.780 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 40 km deep
  209. 4.7133 km E of Naze, Japan · 24 km deep
  210. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 409 km deep
  211. 4.579 km NW of Rumoi, Japan · 280 km deep
  212. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  213. 4.5138 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 425 km deep
  214. 4.9100 km E of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  215. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  216. 4.727 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 56 km deep
  217. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 504 km deep
  218. 4.7233 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  219. 4.943 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan · 78 km deep
  220. 5.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  221. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  222. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 28 km deep
  223. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 71 km deep
  224. 4.7126 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 59 km deep
  225. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 54 km deep
  226. 5.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  227. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  228. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 21 km deep
  229. 4.874 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 71 km deep
  230. 4.8205 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 32 km deep
  231. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 476 km deep
  232. 5.1117 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1977 in Japan.

  1. 6.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  2. 6.2Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  3. 6.0104 km ESE of ?tsuchi, Japan · 41 km deep
  4. 6.0229 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 42 km deep
  5. 5.9110 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 19 km deep
  6. 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 430 km deep
  7. 5.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 9 km deep
  8. 5.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  9. 5.626 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 46 km deep
  10. 5.6199 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 17 km deep
  11. 5.6129 km W of Naha, Japan · 97 km deep
  12. 5.6200 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  13. 5.670 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 5 km deep
  14. 5.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  15. 5.5209 km NW of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  16. 5.5143 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 112 km deep
  17. 5.560 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 42 km deep
  18. 5.521 km NE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 78 km deep
  19. 5.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 493 km deep
  20. 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  21. 5.4105 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 23 km deep
  22. 5.44 km WNW of Yatsuomachi-higashikumisaka, Japan · 273 km deep
  23. 5.4eastern Honshu, Japan · 66 km deep
  24. 5.4132 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan · 109 km deep
  25. 5.429 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 24 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1977235.7Volcano Islands, Japan region
February 1977156.0229 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
March 1977185.429 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan
April 1977216.2Bonin Islands, Japan region
May 1977215.8Bonin Islands, Japan region
June 1977215.521 km NE of Ishinomaki, Japan
July 1977125.378 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan
August 1977245.6200 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
September 1977135.6199 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
October 1977205.4eastern Honshu, Japan
November 1977155.5143 km SE of Shimoda, Japan
December 1977296.8Volcano Islands, Japan region

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 1977

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.