Gifu

Earthquakes near Gifu, 1927–2026

From 1927 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 9 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Gifu, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 3 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 8.1 on December 7, 1944 (1944 Toankai Earthquake).

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The last 30 days · as of

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

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 6.8 on June 28, 1948 (3 km W of Maruoka, Japan), for which NOAA records 5,131 deaths. 6 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 7 of the events here, 6,674 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 4.6 on April 15, 2007 (Honshu: W). NOAA lists one tsunami that began within 100 km of Gifu, and 5 from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 12.7 m, on May 26, 1983. NOAA lists 2 significant eruptions of one volcano within 100 km of Gifu. The largest was Ontakesan on September 27, 2014, at 3 on the volcanic explosivity index. It killed 55 people by NOAA’s count.

The events

  • September 27, 2014Eruption · VEI 3Ontakesan · 55 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • April 15, 2007Earthquake · M 4.6Honshu: WNOAA NCEI
  • January 1, 1984Earthquake · M 7.277 km ESE of Owase, JapanUSGS
  • May 26, 1983Tsunami · 12.7 m hereNoshiro, JapanNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • June 28, 1948Earthquake · M 6.83 km W of Maruoka, Japan · 5,131 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • December 7, 1944Earthquake · M 8.11944 Toankai Earthquake · 1,223 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Gifu 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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