disaster timeline

  • 1933 Sanriku earthquake

    1933 Sanriku earthquake
    this earthquake accrued out in sea causing a tsunami that killed 3000+ people.
  • 1943 Tottori earthquake

    1943 Tottori earthquake
    even though this accrued during ww2 it was not censored by the Japanese and relief efforts were allowed in the country, 1086 still died as a result of the earthquake.
  • 1945 Mikawa earthquake

    1945 Mikawa earthquake
    much information about this earthquake was covered up because of the second world war causing relief efforts to be slow and less effective making the casualty count much higher, 1,180 dead, 1,126 missing.
  • 1948 Fukui earthquake

    1948 Fukui earthquake
    the earthquake devastated fukui which was still recovering from WW2 and it killed 3,769 people.
  • 1993 Okushiri earthquake

    1993 Okushiri earthquake
    7.7 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 16.7km and killed 230.
  • Great Hanshin earthquake

    Great Hanshin earthquake
    a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, it hit the southern part of the Hyōgo Prefecture, killing over 6,000and the total damages were over 200 billion.
  • 2004 Chūetsu earthquake

    2004 Chūetsu earthquake
    The first quake struck the Chuetsu area of Niigata Prefecture, Japan on the Muikamachi Fault zone, it was a magnitude 7 earth quake that killed 68
  • 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

    2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
    The earthquake caused a tsunami that struck the coast of japan and the fukushima nuclear powerplant resulting in a melt down, it ended up killing more then 15,000 people
  • 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake

    2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
    a 6.6 magnitude earth quake that hit near tomakomai, resulted in the deaths of 41.
  • 2024 Noto earthquake

    2024 Noto earthquake
    people.7.5 magnitude earthquake that caused 339 fatalities.