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Japan earthquakes in 1981

262 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1981. The largest: M6.9 101 km ESE of ?funato, Japan, Jan 19, 1981.

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

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Where every quake of 1981 was located in Japan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1981

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.6174 km E of Namie, Japan · 33 km deep
  2. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 493 km deep
  3. 4.539 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 128 km deep
  4. 4.92 km NW of ?tawara, Japan · 34 km deep
  5. 4.7267 km SE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  6. 4.729 km SE of Takahagi, Japan · 74 km deep
  7. 4.531 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 140 km deep
  8. 6.3111 km SSE of Hirara, Japan · 10 km deep
  9. 5.3120 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 27 km deep
  10. 5.996 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 59 km deep
  11. 4.54 km ENE of Yotsukaid?, Japan · 73 km deep
  12. 4.7150 km WSW of Kurio, Japan · 261 km deep
  13. 5.07 km S of Hachi?ji, Japan · 135 km deep
  14. 5.165 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 34 km deep
  15. 4.574 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 52 km deep
  16. 4.933 km SE of Ichinohe, Japan · 90 km deep
  17. 5.960 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 39 km deep
  18. 4.551 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 67 km deep
  19. 5.531 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  20. 4.532 km E of Miyazaki, Japan · 46 km deep
  21. 4.7182 km S of Itoman, Japan · 33 km deep
  22. 4.961 km SSE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 83 km deep
  23. 5.1149 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  24. 4.5eastern Sea of Japan · 253 km deep
  25. 4.5138 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  26. 5.4171 km SE of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  27. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  28. 5.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 91 km deep
  29. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 385 km deep
  30. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 463 km deep
  31. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 79 km deep
  32. 4.898 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 47 km deep
  33. 4.735 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 33 km deep
  34. 4.550 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 107 km deep
  35. 4.5176 km SSE of Shing?, Japan · 33 km deep
  36. 6.071 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 47 km deep
  37. 4.895 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 147 km deep
  38. 4.771 km SSE of ?funato, Japan · 43 km deep
  39. 4.528 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  40. 5.251 km E of ?hara, Japan · 38 km deep
  41. 4.968 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 52 km deep
  42. 4.7124 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 33 km deep
  43. 4.7131 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  44. 5.5121 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 31 km deep
  45. 4.767 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  46. 4.950 km SE of Koseda, Japan · 46 km deep
  47. 6.1140 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 25 km deep
  48. 5.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  49. 5.3126 km SSE of Obihiro, Japan · 34 km deep
  50. 4.784 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 53 km deep
  51. 4.512 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  52. 4.9138 km N of Hirara, Japan · 167 km deep
  53. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  54. 4.674 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  55. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  56. 4.91 km ESE of Ishige, Japan · 87 km deep
  57. 4.599 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 33 km deep
  58. 4.843 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  59. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  60. 4.919 km S of Obihiro, Japan · 111 km deep
  61. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 29 km deep
  62. 5.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  63. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 440 km deep
  64. 4.53 km WNW of ?hara, Japan · 66 km deep
  65. 5.651 km E of ?hara, Japan · 44 km deep
  66. 4.7101 km SE of Kushiro, Japan · 52 km deep
  67. 5.56 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 58 km deep
  68. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  69. 4.86 km E of Suzuka, Japan · 325 km deep
  70. 4.649 km S of Hirara, Japan · 65 km deep
  71. 4.5116 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  72. 4.573 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  73. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 509 km deep
  74. 4.628 km SSE of Nakatsugawa, Japan · 67 km deep
  75. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 171 km deep
  76. 4.58 km S of Kakegawa, Japan · 36 km deep
  77. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  78. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 456 km deep
  79. 5.577 km S of Koshima, Japan · 42 km deep
  80. 4.752 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 65 km deep
  81. 5.167 km SE of Obihiro, Japan · 87 km deep
  82. 4.926 km SE of Hitachi, Japan · 60 km deep
  83. 4.959 km SE of Kushima, Japan · 33 km deep
  84. 4.656 km SE of Nichinan, Japan · 33 km deep
  85. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 50 km deep
  86. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  87. 5.367 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 163 km deep
  88. 5.09 km E of Chitose, Japan · 120 km deep
  89. 4.936 km ENE of Hirara, Japan · 83 km deep
  90. 5.1146 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 199 km deep
  91. 5.458 km WSW of Kamiiso, Japan · 177 km deep
  92. 4.728 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  93. 4.6180 km NW of Naze, Japan · 278 km deep
  94. 4.511 km N of Hasaki, Japan · 54 km deep
  95. 4.7182 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 25 km deep
  96. 4.8199 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  97. 4.965 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  98. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 31 km deep
  99. 4.7159 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  100. 4.759 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  101. 4.942 km E of Kitsuki, Japan · 59 km deep
  102. 4.871 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 55 km deep
  103. 5.376 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 59 km deep
  104. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 45 km deep
  105. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 66 km deep
  106. 5.189 km ESE of Muroto-misakicho, Japan · 14 km deep
  107. 4.6146 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  108. 4.585 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 61 km deep
  109. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  110. 4.7104 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 53 km deep
  111. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 123 km deep
  112. 4.7143 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  113. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  114. 4.8232 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 31 km deep
  115. 4.59 km SSW of Hirara, Japan · 55 km deep
  116. 4.8133 km ENE of Nago, Japan · 33 km deep
  117. 4.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  118. 4.627 km ESE of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  119. 5.175 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 104 km deep
  120. 4.789 km ESE of Nago, Japan · 33 km deep
  121. 4.573 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 72 km deep
  122. 4.656 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 64 km deep
  123. 4.7118 km WSW of Itoman, Japan · 76 km deep
  124. 4.7124 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  125. 5.2168 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 68 km deep
  126. 4.6265 km W of Kamiiso, Japan · 278 km deep
  127. 4.9107 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 33 km deep
  128. 4.5105 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  129. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 470 km deep
  130. 5.276 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 115 km deep
  131. 5.140 km SSE of Obihiro, Japan · 85 km deep
  132. 4.7122 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 18 km deep
  133. 5.3168 km E of Naze, Japan · 35 km deep
  134. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  135. 5.264 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 35 km deep
  136. 5.4106 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 43 km deep
  137. 4.5134 km E of Naze, Japan · 34 km deep
  138. 5.412 km W of Itoigawa, Japan · 35 km deep
  139. 4.6136 km NW of Nago, Japan · 176 km deep
  140. 4.758 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  141. 5.0135 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 60 km deep
  142. 4.5224 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 28 km deep
  143. 4.562 km SSW of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  144. 4.840 km N of Shibetsu, Japan · 150 km deep
  145. 4.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  146. 6.0118 km WSW of Iwanai, Japan · 200 km deep
  147. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 77 km deep
  148. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 431 km deep
  149. 4.68 km ESE of Chiba, Japan · 80 km deep
  150. 5.4167 km E of Nago, Japan · 33 km deep
  151. 4.5177 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  152. 4.724 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 40 km deep
  153. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 368 km deep
  154. 4.733 km N of Fukagawa, Japan · 41 km deep
  155. 4.666 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 22 km deep
  156. 5.6116 km NNE of Hirara, Japan · 92 km deep
  157. 5.0108 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  158. 5.0127 km W of Naha, Japan · 110 km deep
  159. 5.370 km NW of Nagato, Japan · 33 km deep
  160. 4.710 km N of Gotenba, Japan · 38 km deep
  161. 4.965 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 52 km deep
  162. 5.7108 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 28 km deep
  163. 4.652 km S of Katsuura, Japan · 51 km deep
  164. 4.7160 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 37 km deep
  165. 4.540 km WSW of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  166. 4.5112 km E of Miyako, Japan · 24 km deep
  167. 4.9144 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  168. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  169. 4.688 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  170. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  171. 5.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  172. 5.055 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 44 km deep
  173. 4.6117 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  174. 4.774 km ESE of Nago, Japan · 33 km deep
  175. 5.3182 km S of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  176. 5.1105 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 58 km deep
  177. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  178. 5.0southeast of Shikoku, Japan · 24 km deep
  179. 5.0140 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 25 km deep
  180. 4.9151 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  181. 5.4111 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  182. 4.795 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 40 km deep
  183. 5.379 km N of Tatsugō, Japan · 21 km deep
  184. 5.2145 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 45 km deep
  185. 4.6107 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  186. 5.2107 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  187. 5.389 km N of Tatsugō, Japan · 56 km deep
  188. 4.7109 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  189. 4.5Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 33 km deep
  190. 5.176 km NNW of Tatsugō, Japan · 21 km deep
  191. 4.6105 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  192. 4.888 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  193. 4.697 km N of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  194. 4.5107 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 52 km deep
  195. 4.5Kuril Islands · 33 km deep
  196. 4.6143 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  197. 4.6157 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  198. 4.8Hokkaido, Japan region · 56 km deep
  199. 4.71 km SE of Ry?gasaki, Japan · 64 km deep
  200. 5.261 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 52 km deep
  201. 5.1254 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 361 km deep
  202. 4.780 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 55 km deep
  203. 4.556 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 33 km deep
  204. 4.686 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 49 km deep
  205. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 33 km deep
  206. 5.3129 km E of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  207. 5.0147 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17 km deep
  208. 5.7121 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  209. 5.99 km SW of Naze, Japan · 43 km deep
  210. 4.7132 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 29 km deep
  211. 5.7127 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  212. 4.968 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 31 km deep
  213. 5.01 km W of Hitachi-Naka, Japan · 73 km deep
  214. 5.9103 km SSW of Yudomari, Japan · 34 km deep
  215. 4.591 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 53 km deep
  216. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  217. 5.475 km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan · 41 km deep
  218. 5.112 km SSE of Obihiro, Japan · 115 km deep
  219. 5.0135 km ESE of Isen, Japan · 29 km deep
  220. 4.717 km S of Kashiwazaki, Japan · 41 km deep
  221. 4.7124 km SW of Iwanai, Japan · 33 km deep
  222. 5.034 km NW of Ushibukamachi, Japan · 33 km deep
  223. 4.5136 km NW of Hirara, Japan · 184 km deep
  224. 5.25 km WSW of Koga, Japan · 69 km deep
  225. 4.555 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 54 km deep
  226. 5.9132 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  227. 6.329 km NW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 116 km deep
  228. 6.4122 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 20 km deep
  229. 4.7123 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 33 km deep
  230. 5.1129 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 32 km deep
  231. 5.010 km E of Noshiro, Japan · 154 km deep
  232. 4.5109 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 33 km deep
  233. 4.7158 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 33 km deep
  234. 4.7146 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  235. 5.2118 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  236. 5.4119 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 33 km deep
  237. 4.5140 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  238. 6.1113 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  239. 4.9158 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  240. 4.8132 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 33 km deep
  241. 5.179 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  242. 5.0103 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  243. 6.9101 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  244. 6.2110 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  245. 5.4118 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 39 km deep
  246. 5.3129 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  247. 5.9126 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  248. 5.8126 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  249. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  250. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  251. 5.26 km SSW of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  252. 4.70 km SSE of Abiko, Japan · 79 km deep
  253. 5.049 km SSE of ?funato, Japan · 69 km deep
  254. 5.4Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  255. 4.675 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 61 km deep
  256. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  257. 5.1Bonin Islands, Japan region · 435 km deep
  258. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  259. 5.4191 km S of ?yama, Japan · 288 km deep
  260. 4.674 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 37 km deep
  261. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  262. 6.1163 km NW of Naze, Japan · 242 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1981 in Japan.

  1. 6.9101 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  2. 6.4122 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 20 km deep
  3. 6.3111 km SSE of Hirara, Japan · 10 km deep
  4. 6.329 km NW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 116 km deep
  5. 6.2110 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  6. 6.1140 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 25 km deep
  7. 6.1113 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  8. 6.1163 km NW of Naze, Japan · 242 km deep
  9. 6.071 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 47 km deep
  10. 6.0118 km WSW of Iwanai, Japan · 200 km deep
  11. 5.996 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 59 km deep
  12. 5.960 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 39 km deep
  13. 5.99 km SW of Naze, Japan · 43 km deep
  14. 5.9103 km SSW of Yudomari, Japan · 34 km deep
  15. 5.9132 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  16. 5.9126 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  17. 5.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  18. 5.8126 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  19. 5.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  20. 5.7108 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 28 km deep
  21. 5.7121 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 33 km deep
  22. 5.7127 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  23. 5.651 km E of ?hara, Japan · 44 km deep
  24. 5.6116 km NNE of Hirara, Japan · 92 km deep
  25. 5.531 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan · 33 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1981416.9101 km ESE of ?funato, Japan
February 1981175.99 km SW of Naze, Japan
March 1981375.4Izu Islands, Japan region
April 1981195.7108 km ESE of Namie, Japan
May 1981206.0118 km WSW of Iwanai, Japan
June 1981155.2168 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
July 1981245.458 km WSW of Kamiiso, Japan
August 1981225.577 km S of Koshima, Japan
September 1981276.1140 km ESE of ?funato, Japan
October 1981126.071 km NNE of Miyako, Japan
November 1981175.960 km SE of Nemuro, Japan
December 1981116.3111 km SSE of Hirara, 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 1981

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.