Kitakyushu

Earthquakes near Kitakyushu through history

From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 9 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Kitakyushu, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. The strongest was a magnitude 7.5, twice: on June 16, 1026 (Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture) and on November 10, 1909 (18 km SE of Honmachi, 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 Kitakyushu in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

The one on June 16, 1026 was the deadliest: NOAA records 1,001 deaths for it. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 13 here, back to 1026. NOAA records deaths in 9 of the events here, 4,833 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 7 on April 15, 2016 (6 km ESE of Kumamoto, Japan). NOAA’s record here begins on June 16, 1026 with an earthquake (Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture). It grows thinner going back: 6 of the 13 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here are from 1927 on. NOAA lists 4 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Kitakyushu, and 3 from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 8 m, on September 4, 1596. The deadliest here came on April 1, 1700 from Nagasaki Prefecture: NOAA’s runup records count 1,001 deaths within 100 km of Kitakyushu.

The events

  • April 15, 2016Earthquake · M 7.06 km ESE of Kumamoto, Japan · 273 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • November 10, 1909Earthquake · M 7.518 km SE of Honmachi, JapanUSGS · NOAA NCEI
  • April 1, 1700TsunamiNagasaki Prefecture · 1,001 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI
  • September 4, 1596Tsunami · 8 m hereBeppu Bay, Kyushu · 708 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • June 16, 1026Earthquake · M 7.5 (est.)Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture · 1,001 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Kitakyushu 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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