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Japan earthquakes in 1980

270 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1980. The largest: M6.3 135 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan, Mar 3, 1980.

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

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Where every quake of 1980 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1980

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  2. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 312 km deep
  3. 4.720 km S of Mutsu, Japan · 64 km deep
  4. 4.7241 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  5. 4.758 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 52 km deep
  6. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 499 km deep
  7. 6.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 82 km deep
  8. 5.296 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 44 km deep
  9. 5.028 km SSE of Owase, Japan · 383 km deep
  10. 5.3Bonin Islands, Japan region · 387 km deep
  11. 5.4106 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 33 km deep
  12. 5.619 km SSE of Nobeoka, Japan · 51 km deep
  13. 5.3Bonin Islands, Japan region · 471 km deep
  14. 4.9132 km NW of Mikuni, Japan · 360 km deep
  15. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 73 km deep
  16. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
  17. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 86 km deep
  18. 5.0222 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 137 km deep
  19. 4.749 km ESE of Koseda, Japan · 46 km deep
  20. 5.080 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 27 km deep
  21. 5.012 km NNW of Hasaki, Japan · 60 km deep
  22. 4.766 km S of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  23. 4.912 km WNW of Kushiro, Japan · 132 km deep
  24. 5.0187 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 43 km deep
  25. 5.047 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 68 km deep
  26. 5.416 km N of Ichinohe, Japan · 94 km deep
  27. 5.818 km N of Ichinohe, Japan · 95 km deep
  28. 4.650 km ENE of Makubetsu, Japan · 312 km deep
  29. 4.736 km NW of Kitami, Japan · 180 km deep
  30. 4.65 km ENE of Shiroi, Japan · 58 km deep
  31. 4.860 km S of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  32. 4.5118 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 33 km deep
  33. 4.975 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  34. 4.945 km WNW of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  35. 4.856 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 65 km deep
  36. 5.013 km ESE of Tend?, Japan · 136 km deep
  37. 4.911 km SSE of Takahagi, Japan · 33 km deep
  38. 4.78 km W of Hasaki, Japan · 62 km deep
  39. 4.6105 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 31 km deep
  40. 4.57 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  41. 5.6216 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 81 km deep
  42. 4.696 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 45 km deep
  43. 4.69 km W of ?ami, Japan · 78 km deep
  44. 5.225 km E of Ōarai, Japan · 52 km deep
  45. 4.75 km E of Ishige, Japan · 82 km deep
  46. 4.7140 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  47. 4.678 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  48. 4.9181 km NW of Mikuni, Japan · 366 km deep
  49. 4.914 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 66 km deep
  50. 4.8110 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 86 km deep
  51. 4.937 km S of ?funato, Japan · 78 km deep
  52. 4.9111 km NNE of Hirara, Japan · 96 km deep
  53. 4.527 km NE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  54. 4.77 km SW of Ichihara, Japan · 75 km deep
  55. 4.97 km WSW of Ichihara, Japan · 76 km deep
  56. 5.56 km S of Ichihara, Japan · 74 km deep
  57. 6.07 km NNE of Kisarazu, Japan · 73 km deep
  58. 5.42 km SW of Hasuda, Japan · 89 km deep
  59. 4.7near the south coast of Honshu, Japan · 66 km deep
  60. 4.582 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  61. 4.622 km WNW of Hirara, Japan · 38 km deep
  62. 4.784 km SSW of Rishiri Town, Japan · 256 km deep
  63. 4.72 km ESE of Kitahama, Japan · 22 km deep
  64. 4.581 km S of Shimoda, Japan · 33 km deep
  65. 5.376 km S of Shimoda, Japan · 33 km deep
  66. 5.0109 km S of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  67. 4.5108 km NE of Hirara, Japan · 96 km deep
  68. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 48 km deep
  69. 4.6175 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 33 km deep
  70. 5.1144 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 33 km deep
  71. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 498 km deep
  72. 4.5142 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  73. 5.039 km SW of Tateyama, Japan · 103 km deep
  74. 4.8near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 35 km deep
  75. 5.089 km NE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  76. 4.622 km E of Rumoi, Japan · 204 km deep
  77. 4.666 km SSW of Rishiri Town, Japan · 278 km deep
  78. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 62 km deep
  79. 4.827 km NE of Muroto-misakicho, Japan · 33 km deep
  80. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  81. 5.010 km SW of Ichinoseki, Japan · 16 km deep
  82. 5.0112 km WNW of Yomitan, Japan · 35 km deep
  83. 5.1114 km WNW of Yomitan, Japan · 35 km deep
  84. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 87 km deep
  85. 4.7125 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 46 km deep
  86. 4.663 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 78 km deep
  87. 4.569 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 18 km deep
  88. 4.8155 km N of Nago, Japan · 161 km deep
  89. 4.774 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  90. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  91. 5.475 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 29 km deep
  92. 4.574 km SSW of Hirara, Japan · 42 km deep
  93. 5.0Hokkaido, Japan region · 52 km deep
  94. 4.667 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 33 km deep
  95. 4.987 km E of Namie, Japan · 30 km deep
  96. 4.561 km SSW of Hirara, Japan · 52 km deep
  97. 5.464 km S of Hirara, Japan · 40 km deep
  98. 4.748 km E of Koseda, Japan · 33 km deep
  99. 4.952 km ESE of Koseda, Japan · 33 km deep
  100. 4.5210 km S of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  101. 4.562 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 73 km deep
  102. 4.8near the south coast of Honshu, Japan · 22 km deep
  103. 5.173 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 54 km deep
  104. 4.516 km ESE of It?, Japan · 21 km deep
  105. 6.219 km SSE of It?, Japan · 15 km deep
  106. 4.5228 km S of Shimoda, Japan · 33 km deep
  107. 5.0175 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 20 km deep
  108. 4.9180 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 18 km deep
  109. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  110. 4.517 km SSE of It?, Japan · 12 km deep
  111. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 432 km deep
  112. 4.910 km ENE of It?, Japan · 17 km deep
  113. 4.616 km SE of It?, Japan · 24 km deep
  114. 5.055 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  115. 5.0164 km NW of Mikuni, Japan · 368 km deep
  116. 5.09 km WSW of Ichihara, Japan · 77 km deep
  117. 4.745 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 19 km deep
  118. 4.760 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 53 km deep
  119. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 44 km deep
  120. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 114 km deep
  121. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 45 km deep
  122. 4.8192 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 32 km deep
  123. 4.555 km NE of Makubetsu, Japan · 323 km deep
  124. 5.569 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 36 km deep
  125. 4.514 km SSW of Kushikino, Japan · 197 km deep
  126. 4.63 km NW of Sayama, Japan · 61 km deep
  127. 5.643 km W of Shimokizukuri, Japan · 165 km deep
  128. 4.863 km N of Ishigaki, Japan · 92 km deep
  129. 5.1193 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 53 km deep
  130. 4.565 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 59 km deep
  131. 4.5127 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 106 km deep
  132. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 27 km deep
  133. 4.6159 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 32 km deep
  134. 4.952 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 21 km deep
  135. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  136. 4.557 km E of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 36 km deep
  137. 4.6172 km WNW of Hakui, Japan · 374 km deep
  138. 4.6Kuril Islands · 162 km deep
  139. 4.8194 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 39 km deep
  140. 4.592 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 40 km deep
  141. 4.889 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 48 km deep
  142. 4.6109 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 28 km deep
  143. 5.089 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 43 km deep
  144. 5.235 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 75 km deep
  145. 4.591 km ESE of Koshima, Japan · 19 km deep
  146. 5.871 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 62 km deep
  147. 5.0207 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 58 km deep
  148. 4.7100 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  149. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 77 km deep
  150. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  151. 5.3123 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 52 km deep
  152. 4.86 km NW of Hirara, Japan · 78 km deep
  153. 4.829 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 43 km deep
  154. 4.826 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 47 km deep
  155. 5.177 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 67 km deep
  156. 4.9165 km ESE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  157. 4.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 114 km deep
  158. 5.2118 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 130 km deep
  159. 5.7233 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 394 km deep
  160. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 527 km deep
  161. 4.643 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 69 km deep
  162. 5.4193 km SE of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  163. 5.4Bonin Islands, Japan region · 242 km deep
  164. 5.056 km SE of Kushima, Japan · 31 km deep
  165. 4.624 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 118 km deep
  166. 4.6112 km E of Miyako, Japan · 39 km deep
  167. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  168. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  169. 4.766 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 60 km deep
  170. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 97 km deep
  171. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 431 km deep
  172. 4.9271 km WNW of Shimokizukuri, Japan · 320 km deep
  173. 5.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  174. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 445 km deep
  175. 4.7101 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 33 km deep
  176. 4.761 km ESE of Mutsu, Japan · 66 km deep
  177. 4.9282 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 356 km deep
  178. 5.812 km E of Maizuru, Japan · 359 km deep
  179. 4.657 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  180. 4.668 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  181. 5.2107 km NE of Naze, Japan · 37 km deep
  182. 4.550 km N of Miyako, Japan · 83 km deep
  183. 4.5218 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 38 km deep
  184. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  185. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 119 km deep
  186. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 367 km deep
  187. 4.7180 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 29 km deep
  188. 5.461 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 53 km deep
  189. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 426 km deep
  190. 4.789 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 30 km deep
  191. 4.893 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 177 km deep
  192. 5.531 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 85 km deep
  193. 4.63 km ENE of Moriya, Japan · 81 km deep
  194. 5.5148 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  195. 4.552 km E of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  196. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 389 km deep
  197. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 520 km deep
  198. 5.3140 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  199. 5.1115 km WNW of Ie, Japan · 14 km deep
  200. 4.730 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 31 km deep
  201. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 438 km deep
  202. 4.6130 km NW of Naha, Japan · 82 km deep
  203. 5.2211 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 109 km deep
  204. 4.9147 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  205. 4.9129 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  206. 4.6132 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  207. 6.3135 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  208. 5.2133 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  209. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 349 km deep
  210. 5.0269 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 23 km deep
  211. 4.550 km ESE of Ichinohe, Japan · 129 km deep
  212. 4.943 km SSE of Kushima, Japan · 45 km deep
  213. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 476 km deep
  214. 5.9Kuril Islands · 42 km deep
  215. 4.595 km S of Koshima, Japan · 42 km deep
  216. 5.695 km S of Koshima, Japan · 35 km deep
  217. 5.048 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 106 km deep
  218. 4.6102 km ENE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  219. 4.9139 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 33 km deep
  220. 4.783 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 33 km deep
  221. 4.8108 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 44 km deep
  222. 5.096 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 26 km deep
  223. 4.9103 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 33 km deep
  224. 4.5101 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 33 km deep
  225. 4.791 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 33 km deep
  226. 5.593 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 24 km deep
  227. 4.9100 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 25 km deep
  228. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 406 km deep
  229. 4.5153 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 33 km deep
  230. 4.772 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 60 km deep
  231. 5.027 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 36 km deep
  232. 5.1145 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 168 km deep
  233. 5.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 86 km deep
  234. 5.210 km SW of Kamakura, Japan · 122 km deep
  235. 4.7238 km WSW of Iwanai, Japan · 28 km deep
  236. 4.8147 km W of Itoman, Japan · 33 km deep
  237. 4.9121 km W of Itoman, Japan · 33 km deep
  238. 4.775 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 51 km deep
  239. 5.055 km ENE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  240. 4.6104 km ESE of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  241. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  242. 4.87 km ENE of Yonakuni, Japan · 106 km deep
  243. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 270 km deep
  244. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 67 km deep
  245. 4.847 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 59 km deep
  246. 4.9116 km S of Shimoda, Japan · 198 km deep
  247. 5.067 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 70 km deep
  248. 4.52 km SSE of Sakai, Japan · 61 km deep
  249. 4.8248 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 33 km deep
  250. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 59 km deep
  251. 4.837 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 27 km deep
  252. 4.8258 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  253. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 462 km deep
  254. 4.942 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  255. 4.5158 km E of Namie, Japan · 33 km deep
  256. 4.699 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 52 km deep
  257. 5.025 km E of Honch?, Japan · 131 km deep
  258. 4.855 km E of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  259. 5.5242 km N of Sakaiminato, Japan · 442 km deep
  260. 4.8105 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 58 km deep
  261. 5.3Bonin Islands, Japan region · 541 km deep
  262. 5.3275 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 20 km deep
  263. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  264. 5.067 km SE of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  265. 4.644 km WSW of Obihiro, Japan · 139 km deep
  266. 6.0124 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  267. 4.9124 km WNW of Naha, Japan · 99 km deep
  268. 4.7179 km E of Namie, Japan · 33 km deep
  269. 5.141 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 93 km deep
  270. 5.4108 km W of Naze, Japan · 134 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1980 in Japan.

  1. 6.3135 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  2. 6.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 82 km deep
  3. 6.219 km SSE of It?, Japan · 15 km deep
  4. 6.07 km NNE of Kisarazu, Japan · 73 km deep
  5. 6.0124 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  6. 5.9Kuril Islands · 42 km deep
  7. 5.818 km N of Ichinohe, Japan · 95 km deep
  8. 5.871 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 62 km deep
  9. 5.812 km E of Maizuru, Japan · 359 km deep
  10. 5.7233 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 394 km deep
  11. 5.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  12. 5.619 km SSE of Nobeoka, Japan · 51 km deep
  13. 5.6216 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 81 km deep
  14. 5.643 km W of Shimokizukuri, Japan · 165 km deep
  15. 5.695 km S of Koshima, Japan · 35 km deep
  16. 5.56 km S of Ichihara, Japan · 74 km deep
  17. 5.569 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 36 km deep
  18. 5.531 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 85 km deep
  19. 5.5148 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan · 33 km deep
  20. 5.593 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan · 24 km deep
  21. 5.5242 km N of Sakaiminato, Japan · 442 km deep
  22. 5.4106 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 33 km deep
  23. 5.416 km N of Ichinohe, Japan · 94 km deep
  24. 5.42 km SW of Hasuda, Japan · 89 km deep
  25. 5.475 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 29 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1980226.0124 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
February 1980395.9Kuril Islands
March 1980326.3135 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan
April 1980275.7233 km SE of Shing?, Japan
May 1980175.871 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
June 1980326.219 km SSE of It?, Japan
July 1980215.475 km ESE of Namie, Japan
August 1980145.1144 km WNW of Naha, Japan
September 1980176.07 km NNE of Kisarazu, Japan
October 1980135.6216 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
November 1980155.818 km N of Ichinohe, Japan
December 1980216.2Izu 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.

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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.