Asahikawa

Earthquakes near Asahikawa, 1927–2026

From 1927 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 6 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Asahikawa, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 4 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 7.6 on January 15, 1993 (52 km NE of Otofuke, Japan).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Asahikawa in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

It was also the deadliest: NOAA records 2 deaths for it. 4 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 4 of the events here, 11 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 5.8 on December 14, 2004 (Hokkaido: Obiro, Haboro, Tomamae). NOAA lists 5 tsunamis from elsewhere that reached the coast within 100 km of Asahikawa with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 10 m, on July 12, 1993. NOAA lists 3 significant eruptions of 2 volcanoes within 100 km of Asahikawa. The largest was Tokachidake on June 29, 1962, at 3 on the volcanic explosivity index. It killed 5 people by NOAA’s count.

The events

  • December 14, 2004Earthquake · M 5.8Hokkaido: Obiro, Haboro, TomamaeNOAA NCEI
  • July 12, 1993Tsunami · 10 m hereSea Of JapanNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • January 15, 1993Earthquake · M 7.652 km NE of Otofuke, Japan · 2 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • June 29, 1962Eruption · VEI 3Tokachidake · 5 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • November 4, 1947Earthquake · M 7.172 km W of Rumoi, JapanUSGS · NOAA NCEI

Good to know

  • An event counts for Asahikawa when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
  • USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
  • NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
  • Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
  • A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
  • Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

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