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Japan earthquakes in 1979

219 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1979. The largest: M6.4 164 km ENE of Miyako, Japan, Feb 20, 1979.

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

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Every quake of 1979

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 5.5195 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  2. 5.149 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 66 km deep
  3. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  4. 4.611 km NNW of Aioi, Japan · 22 km deep
  5. 5.153 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 44 km deep
  6. 4.677 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  7. 5.4225 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  8. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 142 km deep
  9. 4.944 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 52 km deep
  10. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  11. 4.85 km ENE of Funaishikawa, Japan · 66 km deep
  12. 4.8off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan · 33 km deep
  13. 5.071 km N of Hirara, Japan · 110 km deep
  14. 5.518 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 67 km deep
  15. 4.5109 km S of Koshima, Japan · 33 km deep
  16. 6.1Bonin Islands, Japan region · 110 km deep
  17. 4.7119 km WNW of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  18. 4.7269 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  19. 4.576 km SSW of Rishiri Town, Japan · 274 km deep
  20. 4.890 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  21. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  22. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 239 km deep
  23. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 130 km deep
  24. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  25. 5.3106 km NE of Tatsugō, Japan · 34 km deep
  26. 4.6100 km SSW of Naze, Japan · 83 km deep
  27. 5.121 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 93 km deep
  28. 5.075 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 50 km deep
  29. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 37 km deep
  30. 4.5122 km SE of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  31. 4.733 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 63 km deep
  32. 4.99 km SSE of K?ya, Japan · 75 km deep
  33. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 110 km deep
  34. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 396 km deep
  35. 4.5130 km W of Nagata, Japan · 284 km deep
  36. 5.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 112 km deep
  37. 4.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 284 km deep
  38. 5.014 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 44 km deep
  39. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  40. 5.161 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 49 km deep
  41. 5.529 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 88 km deep
  42. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  43. 4.971 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 64 km deep
  44. 4.551 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 75 km deep
  45. 4.7163 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  46. 4.912 km NNE of Kitahama, Japan · 40 km deep
  47. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  48. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  49. 4.97 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 32 km deep
  50. 4.6156 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 40 km deep
  51. 4.8111 km S of Shing?, Japan · 445 km deep
  52. 4.866 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  53. 4.790 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 55 km deep
  54. 5.2156 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  55. 5.1Bonin Islands, Japan region · 36 km deep
  56. 4.948 km N of Miyako, Japan · 52 km deep
  57. 5.165 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 74 km deep
  58. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 56 km deep
  59. 5.070 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  60. 4.837 km SW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  61. 4.89 km NW of Yotsukaid?, Japan · 81 km deep
  62. 5.527 km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  63. 4.969 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 69 km deep
  64. 4.5244 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 41 km deep
  65. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 435 km deep
  66. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 38 km deep
  67. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
  68. 5.016 km WNW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 115 km deep
  69. 4.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  70. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  71. 4.622 km ESE of Yokote, Japan · 141 km deep
  72. 4.686 km SE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  73. 4.616 km W of Mutsu, Japan · 112 km deep
  74. 5.126 km WSW of Murakami, Japan · 16 km deep
  75. 4.768 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 51 km deep
  76. 5.6113 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 31 km deep
  77. 4.953 km E of Ishigaki, Japan · 73 km deep
  78. 5.861 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 61 km deep
  79. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 490 km deep
  80. 4.647 km SE of Kushiro, Japan · 64 km deep
  81. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  82. 4.89 km E of Seto, Japan · 286 km deep
  83. 4.689 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 46 km deep
  84. 4.7145 km ESE of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  85. 5.0176 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  86. 5.0260 km E of Miyako, Japan · 63 km deep
  87. 4.623 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 55 km deep
  88. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  89. 4.745 km E of Otofuke, Japan · 36 km deep
  90. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  91. 4.5261 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 40 km deep
  92. 4.910 km ESE of ?tsuchi, Japan · 61 km deep
  93. 4.819 km SSW of Sukumo, Japan · 30 km deep
  94. 4.749 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 59 km deep
  95. 5.918 km SSW of Kudamatsu, Japan · 69 km deep
  96. 4.974 km E of Nago, Japan · 33 km deep
  97. 5.845 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 42 km deep
  98. 4.59 km SE of Yokkaichi, Japan · 326 km deep
  99. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 10 km deep
  100. 4.74 km ESE of Sakai, Japan · 64 km deep
  101. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  102. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 512 km deep
  103. 4.928 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  104. 4.759 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 65 km deep
  105. 5.4115 km NW of Yoichi, Japan · 233 km deep
  106. 4.580 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  107. 4.67 km NE of Machida, Japan · 138 km deep
  108. 5.0166 km SE of Itoman, Japan · 33 km deep
  109. 4.79 km NE of Tochio-honch?, Japan · 162 km deep
  110. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  111. 4.8159 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  112. 5.093 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  113. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 51 km deep
  114. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 446 km deep
  115. 4.5131 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 53 km deep
  116. 5.143 km NNW of Nanao, Japan · 273 km deep
  117. 5.353 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 62 km deep
  118. 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 591 km deep
  119. 4.7124 km NNE of Nago, Japan · 83 km deep
  120. 4.5217 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 40 km deep
  121. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  122. 5.479 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 43 km deep
  123. 5.46 km ENE of Ry?gasaki, Japan · 73 km deep
  124. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  125. 5.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 567 km deep
  126. 5.144 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 43 km deep
  127. 5.022 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 57 km deep
  128. 4.6170 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 37 km deep
  129. 4.5108 km NE of Tatsugō, Japan · 33 km deep
  130. 5.059 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 22 km deep
  131. 5.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  132. 4.753 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 42 km deep
  133. 4.511 km NE of Tateyama, Japan · 45 km deep
  134. 5.1196 km SSE of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  135. 4.874 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 102 km deep
  136. 4.88 km WNW of Itsukaichi, Japan · 28 km deep
  137. 4.554 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  138. 4.5156 km E of Hirara, Japan · 123 km deep
  139. 4.511 km SSW of Kamiiso, Japan · 33 km deep
  140. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  141. 4.639 km SE of Muramatsu, Japan · 20 km deep
  142. 5.178 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 31 km deep
  143. 5.376 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 73 km deep
  144. 4.9180 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 31 km deep
  145. 4.7268 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  146. 4.6105 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 41 km deep
  147. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  148. 4.5117 km ESE of Shing?, Japan · 383 km deep
  149. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 120 km deep
  150. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  151. 4.613 km WNW of Ueno-ebisumachi, Japan · 26 km deep
  152. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  153. 4.7113 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 41 km deep
  154. 4.82 km SSW of Takehara, Japan · 57 km deep
  155. 4.597 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 147 km deep
  156. 4.773 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 70 km deep
  157. 5.2178 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  158. 5.268 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 43 km deep
  159. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 427 km deep
  160. 4.513 km NNE of Iwaki, Japan · 96 km deep
  161. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  162. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  163. 4.857 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  164. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 55 km deep
  165. 4.6186 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 33 km deep
  166. 5.050 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 52 km deep
  167. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  168. 4.813 km SE of ?kuchi-shinohara, Japan · 12 km deep
  169. 4.966 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 53 km deep
  170. 4.7127 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  171. 4.859 km SSW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 78 km deep
  172. 5.456 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 46 km deep
  173. 4.7183 km E of Miyako, Japan · 66 km deep
  174. 4.8239 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  175. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 28 km deep
  176. 4.710 km E of Hitachi-Naka, Japan · 62 km deep
  177. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  178. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 21 km deep
  179. 4.51 km NNE of Fujishiro, Japan · 80 km deep
  180. 5.259 km W of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  181. 4.7176 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  182. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 112 km deep
  183. 5.1162 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  184. 4.574 km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan · 68 km deep
  185. 5.5169 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 30 km deep
  186. 4.7176 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  187. 5.1195 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 25 km deep
  188. 5.0179 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 10 km deep
  189. 6.4164 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 10 km deep
  190. 4.66 km E of Obihiro, Japan · 122 km deep
  191. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  192. 4.529 km WNW of Komatsu, Japan · 49 km deep
  193. 4.822 km S of Akita, Japan · 166 km deep
  194. 4.7170 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 69 km deep
  195. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  196. 4.6181 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 21 km deep
  197. 5.2166 km NNE of Hirara, Japan · 127 km deep
  198. 4.6108 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 48 km deep
  199. 4.8199 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 34 km deep
  200. 5.441 km WSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  201. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  202. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 55 km deep
  203. 4.9143 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 132 km deep
  204. 4.9near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 67 km deep
  205. 5.1209 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 53 km deep
  206. 5.5156 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 17 km deep
  207. 4.5145 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 41 km deep
  208. 4.7100 km NNW of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  209. 4.625 km NNE of Yoichi, Japan · 185 km deep
  210. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 397 km deep
  211. 4.68 km ENE of Tomakomai, Japan · 52 km deep
  212. 5.043 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 70 km deep
  213. 4.689 km SSW of Hirara, Japan · 44 km deep
  214. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 29 km deep
  215. 4.924 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan · 34 km deep
  216. 4.561 km N of Yoichi, Japan · 212 km deep
  217. 4.83 km W of Toride, Japan · 80 km deep
  218. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 63 km deep
  219. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 32 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1979 in Japan.

  1. 6.4164 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 10 km deep
  2. 6.1Bonin Islands, Japan region · 110 km deep
  3. 5.918 km SSW of Kudamatsu, Japan · 69 km deep
  4. 5.861 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 61 km deep
  5. 5.845 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 42 km deep
  6. 5.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 567 km deep
  7. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 55 km deep
  8. 5.6113 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 31 km deep
  9. 5.5195 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  10. 5.518 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 67 km deep
  11. 5.529 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 88 km deep
  12. 5.527 km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  13. 5.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 591 km deep
  14. 5.5169 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 30 km deep
  15. 5.5156 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 17 km deep
  16. 5.4225 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  17. 5.4115 km NW of Yoichi, Japan · 233 km deep
  18. 5.479 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 43 km deep
  19. 5.46 km ENE of Ry?gasaki, Japan · 73 km deep
  20. 5.456 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 46 km deep
  21. 5.441 km WSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  22. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 130 km deep
  23. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  24. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  25. 5.353 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 62 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1979185.5156 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
February 1979216.4164 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
March 1979205.7Izu Islands, Japan region
April 1979235.376 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
May 1979255.8Volcano Islands, Japan region
June 1979125.4115 km NW of Yoichi, Japan
July 1979195.918 km SSW of Kudamatsu, Japan
August 1979145.861 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
September 1979115.527 km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan
October 1979195.529 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan
November 1979155.3Volcano Islands, Japan region
December 1979226.1Bonin 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 1979

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.