Seismicity of Western Australia

EARTHQUAKES NEAR JAPAN, TAIWAN & the PHILIPPINES

MAP OF RECENT LARGE EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN / TAIWAN REGION (1995 - 2005)

TABLE of LARGE EVENTS in JAPAN

DATEG.M.T.LATLONGMAGREMARKS
16 Jan 199501:1634.58135.016.9Kobe, approx 6,000 killed, 415,000 injured
26 May 200309:2438.85141.577.0Eastern Honshu
25 Sep 200319:5041.78143.868.3590 killed, tsunami with max wave height 4.0 m
31 Oct 200301:0637.81142.627.0off eastern Honshu
23 Oct 200408:5637.23138.786.5Honshu, approx 20 killed
20 Mar 200501:5333.85129.986.6Kyushu, one person killed
16 Aug 200502:4638.22142.017.2Honshu, approx 40 people injured
16 July 20076.8Sea of Japan

EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN SINCE 1900 WITH 1,000+ FATALITIES

DATE

LAT

LONG

MAG

LOCATION

DEATHS

01 Sep 192335.0139.57.9Kanto143,000
07 Mar 192735.8134.87.6Tango3,020
02 Mar 193339.0143.08.4Sanriku2,990
09 Oct 194335.6134.27.4Tottori1,190
07 Dec 194433.7136.28.1Tonankai1,000
12 Jan 194534.8137.07.1Mikawa1,900
20 Dec 194632.5134.58.1Tonankai1,330
28 Jun 194836.1136.27.3Fukui5,390
16 Jan 199534.6135.06.9Kobe5,502

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN TAIWAN AND THE PHILIPPINES

The table below shows earthquakes causing 1,000 or more fatalities in Taiwan since 1900

DATE

LAT

LONG

MAG

DEATHS

16 Mar 190623.6120.57.11,300
20 Apr 1935241217.13,280
16 Jul 193524.4120.76.52,700
20 Sep 199923.69121.317.62,297
26 Dec 200621.82120.537.1

THE PHILIPPINES

The table below shows earthquakes causing 1,000 or more fatalities in the Philippines since 1900.

DATE

LAT

LONG

MAG

DEATHS

REGION

16 Aug 19766.31247.98,000Mindanao
16 Jul 199015.7121.27.81,621Luzon

(data source - USGS)

MAJOR EARTHQUAKES IN TAIWAN AND THE PHILIPPINES SINCE 1900

.