Regional instrumental seismicity
This seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.
Regional deadly earthquakes from 1500 to 2000
| Date |
Long. |
Lat. |
Mag. |
Death |
Location |
|
| 1640-07-31 | 140.7 | 42.1 | ? | 700 | HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION |
| 1694-06-19 | 140.1 | 40.2 | 7.0 | 394 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1704-05-27 | 140.0 | 40.4 | 7.0 | 77 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1766-03-08 | 140.6 | 40.7 | 7.3 | 1335 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1810-09-25 | 139.9 | 39.9 | 6.5 | 60 | NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1823-09-29 | 141.1 | 40.0 | 5.9 | 73 | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1856-08-23 | 142.3 | 41.0 | 7.7 | 38 | HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION |
| 1939-05-01 | 139.7 | 39.9 | 6.8 | 27 | NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1952-03-04 | 144.1 | 41.8 | 8.2 | 33 | HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION |
| 1968-05-16 | 143.6 | 40.7 | 7.9 | 52 | OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
Source: T. Utsu ; International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology; vol. A; 691-718
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