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Graph reference number (GRN) Group 1-(A, B, C) occurred prior to 900 AD and do not appear on graph

Fig. 2 proper.

(A) (GRN) Group 1; November 29, 684 (Gregorian calendar) November 26, 684 (Julian calendar) 8.4 MK
(Kawasumi scale) Known as the Hakuhou Nankai earthquake, 32.8°N 134.3°E, References variously
estimated the quake as having a magnitude of 8.0 to 8.4

(B) (GRN) Group 1; June 5, 745(G) June 1, 745(J), 7.9 MK, occurred at Minoh 34.8°N 135.5°E, Some
references describe the quake as occurring on June 9

(C) (GRN) Group 1; July 13, 869(G) July 9, 869(J), ~9.0 MK, Name: 869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake, 38.5°N
143.8°E The resulting tsunami caused extensive flooding of the Sendai plain, destroying the town of
Tagajō.

The following earthquakes appear on the graph Fig 1. and Fig 3.

(GRN) 2; - May 27, 1293(G) May 20, 1293(J) 7.1–7.5, Name: 1293 Kamakura earthquake, location:
35.2°N 139.4°E, It possibly triggered a tsunami (though not all experts agree) and the death toll (DT) has
been reported as 23,024.

(GRN) 3; - August 3, 1361(G) July 26, 1361(J) 8.25~8.5 M, Name: Shōhei earthquake, location: 33.0°N
135.0°E

(GRN) 4; - September 20, 1498(G) September 11, 1498(J),8.6 MK, Name: 1498 Meiō Nankaidō
earthquake, location: 34.0°N 138.1°E, It had a magnitude estimated at 8.6 MS and triggered a large
tsunami. The death toll associated with this event is uncertain, but 31,000 casualties were reported.

(GRN) 5; - January 18, 1586, 7.9 MK Name: Tensho or Ise Bay earthquake, some islands in Ise Bay
reportedly disappeared.

(GRN) 6; - February 3, 1605, 7.9 MK, Name: 1605 Keichō Nankaidō earthquake, location: 33.5°N 138.5°E,
DT. 5,000+, It had an estimated magnitude of 7.9 on the surface wave magnitude scale and triggered a
devastating tsunami that resulted in thousands of deaths in the Nankai and Tōkai regions of Japan.

(GRN) 7; - December 2, 1611, 8.1 M, Name: 1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquake, location: 39.0°N 144.4°E,
DT. 2,000+ epicenter off the Sanriku coast in Iwate Prefecture.

(GRN) 8; - December 31, 1703, 8 ML, Name: 1703 Genroku earthquake, DT. 5,233 This earthquake shook
Edo and killed an estimated 2,300 people. The earthquake is thought to have been an interplate
earthquake. This earthquake then resulted in a tsunami reported to have caused more than 100,000
fatalities.

(GRN) 9; - October 28, 1707, 8.6 ML, Name: 1707 Hōei earthquake, Off the Kii Peninsula, DT. 5,000+
Struck both the Nankaidō and Tokai regions, causing moderate to severe damage throughout
southwestern Honshu, Shikoku and southeastern Kyūshū.
(GRN) 10; - April 24, 1771, 7.4 MK, Name: 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami, location: 24.0°N 124.3°E, DT
13,486

(GRN) 11; - May 21, 1792, 6.4 MK, Name: 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami, location: 32.8°N 130.3°E,
DT 15,448, changing of the Ariake Sea coastline, in the center of Mount Unzen, Kumamoto Prefecture
and the Amakusa Islands were affected by the tsunami.

(GRN) 12; - December 23, 1854, 8.4 MK, Name: 1854 Ansei-Tōkai earthquake, location: Suruga Bay, DT.
2,000

(GRN) 13; - December 24, 1854, 8.4 MK, Name: Ansei-Nankai earthquake, location: Nankai Trough, DT.
10,000+.

(GRN) 14; - November 11, 1855, 6.9 MK, Name: Ansei Edo earthquake, DT. 6,641, One hundred and
twenty earthquakes and tremors in total were felt in Edo in 1854–55.

(GRN) 15; - April 9, 1858, 7.0-7.1 Name: Hietsu earthquake, location: Atotsugawa Fault, DT.200–300

(GRN) 16; - July 28, 1889, 6.3 M, Name: 1889 Kumamoto earthquake, location: Tatsuda fault, First major
earthquake after the establishment of the Seismological Society of Japan in 1880.

(GRN) 17; - October 28, 1891, 8.0 ML, Name: 1891 Mino-Owari earthquake, location: Neodani Faultline,
DT. 7,273

(GRN) 18; - June 20, 1894, 6.6 ML, Name: Meiji Tokyo earthquake, location: Tokyo Bay.

(GRN) 19; - June 15, 1896, 8.5 ML, Name: Meiji-Sanriku earthquake, DT. 22,000+.

(GRN) 20; - September 1, 1923, 8.3 ML, Name: 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, location: Izu Ōshi, DT.
142,800

(GRN) 21; - May 23, 1925, 6.8 ML, Name: 1925 Kita Tajima earthquake, DT. 428 Epicenter (35.6
degrees north latitude, 134.8 degrees east longitude) Maruyama River estuary.

(GRN) 22; - March 27, 1927, 7.6 ML, Name: 1927 Kita Tango earthquake, location: Tango Peninsula in
Kyoto Prefecture, DT. 3,020

(GRN) 23; - November 26, 1930, 7.3 Ms, Name: 1930 North Izu earthquake, location: Izu Peninsula, DT.
272

(GRN) 24; - March 2, 1933, 8.4 Mw, Name: 1933 Sanriku earthquake, location: 290 km (180 mi) east of
the city of Kamaishi, Iwate, DT. 3,000+

(GRN) 25; - November 3, 1936, 7.2 Ms, Name: 1936 Miyagi earthquake, location: Miyagi-ken-oki Jishin
offshore Miyagi.
(GRN) 26; - September 10, 1943, 7.2 ML, Name: 1943 Tottori earthquake, location: offshore from Ketaka
District, DT. 1,083

(GRN) 27; - December 7, 1944, 8.1 Mw, Name: 1944 Tōnankai earthquake location: 34.0°N 137.1°E, DT.
1,223

(GRN) 28; - January 13, 1945, 6.8 ML, Name: 1945 Mikawa earthquake, location: Mikawa Bay, (34°42.1′N
137°6.8′E at a depth of eleven kilometers), DT. 1180 +

(GRN) 29; - December 20, 1946, 8.1 Mw, Name: 1946 Nankaidō earthquake, location: Nankai Trough,
DT. 1,362

(GRN) 3O; - June 28, 1948, 7.1 Mw, Name: 1948 Fukui earthquake, location: 36゜10.3'N 136゜17.4'E
near Maruoka, Fukui, DT. 3,769 A major earthquake in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

(GRN) 31; - March 4, 1952, 8.1 Mw, Name: 1952 Hokkaido earthquake, location: Hokkaido Jishin 42.3°N
144.9°E 28

(GRN) 32; - June 16, 1964, 7.6 Mw, Name: 1964 Niigata earthquake, location: Niigata Jishin 50 km north
of Niigata, DT. 26

(GRN) 33; - April 1, 1968, 7.5 Mw, Name: 1968 Hyūga-nada earthquake, location: Hyūga-nada Sea.

(GRN) 34; - May 16, 1968,8.2 Mw, Name: 1968 Tokachi earthquake, location: Offshore of Misawa, Japan,
DT. 52

(GRN) 35; - May 9, 1974, 6.5 Ms, Name: 1974 Izu Peninsula earthquake, location: Jishin near Izu
Peninsula, DT. 25

(GRN) 36; - June 12, 1978, 7.7 Ms, Name: 1978 Miyagi earthquake, location: Miyagi-ken-oki jishin just
offshore Miyagi Prefecture, DT. 28

(GRN) 37; - July 12, 1993, 7.7 Mw, Name: 1993 Hokkaidō earthquake, location: Hokkaidō Nansei Oki
Jishin, 42.851°N 139.197°E, DT. 202

(GRN) 38; - December 28, 1994,7.7 Mw, Name: 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake, location: Sanriku-
haruka-oki Jishin 40.451°N 143.491°E, DT. 3

(GRN) 39; - January 17, 1995, Name: 7.2 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake, location: (Hanshin-Awaji
Daishinsai ) northern end of Awaji Island, DT. 6,434

(GRN) 40; - May 4, 1998 , 7.5 Mw, Name: 1998 Ryukyu Islands earthquake, location: Ishigakijima nanpō-
oki jishin 22.30°N 125.30°E, DT. 0, The epicentre was in the Philippine Sea and far off the coast (260km
from Ishigaki Island, Japan, 400 km from Basco, Philippines, and 425 km from Hualian, Taiwan).

(GRN) 41; - March 24, 2001, 6.7 Mw, Name: 2001 Geiyo earthquake, location: Nisen-ichi-nen Gēyo Jishin
34.083°N 128.020°E, DT. 2
(GRN) 42; - September 25, 2003, 8.3 Mw, Name: 2003 Hokkaidō earthquake, Hokkaidō Jishin 41.78°N
143.86°E, DT. 1

(GRN) 43; - October 23, 2004, 6.9 Mw, Name: 2004 Chūetsu earthquake, location: Ojiya, Niigata, DT. 40

(GRN) 44; - March 20, 2005, 7.0 Mw, Name: 2005 Fukuoka earthquake, location: In the Genkai Sea about
6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of Genkai Island at the mouth of Fukuoka Harbor, DT. I

(GRN) 45; - August 16, 2005,7.2 Mw, Name: 2005 Miyagi earthquake, location: Miyagi-ken Oki Jishin
about 55 km (34 mi) due east of the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture.

(GRN) 46; - November 15, 2006,8.3 Mw, Name: 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake, location: Chishima Rettō
Oki Jishin, about 160 km (99 mi) due east of the southern tip of Simushir in the Kuril Islands.

(GRN) 47; - January 13, 2007, 8.1 Mw, Name: 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake, location: 46°28.8′N
154°04.48′E

(GRN) 48; - March 25, 2007, 6.9 Mw, Name: 2007 Noto earthquake, location: about 11 km (6.8 mi) due
west of the southern end of the town of Wajima .

(GRN) 49; - July 16, 2007,6.6 Mw, Name: 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake, location: Niigata-ken
Chūetsu Oki Jishin, about 29 km (18 mi) west of Niigata, DT. 11

(GRN) 50; - June 14, 2008, 6.9 Mw, Name: 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, location: Iwate Miyagi
Nairiku Jishin, about 1 km (0.62 mi) east of Narusawa Onsen in northwest Iwate Prefecture, DT. 12

(GRN) 51; - August 9, 2009, 6.9-7.1 Mw, Name: 2009 Izu Islands earthquake, location: 33.144°N,
138.040°E, depth 303.1 km.

(GRN) 52; - August 11, 2009, 6.5-6.6 Mw, Tokai Area Earthquake, location 33.8°N, 138.50°E, depth 20.0
km. DT. I

(GRN) 53; - February 26, 2010, 7.0 Mw, Name: Ryūkyū Islands earthquake, location: 25.902°N,
128.417°E, depth 22.0 km, DT. 1

(GRN) 54; - December 21, 2010, 7.4 Mw, Name: Bonin Islands earthquake, location: 26.866°N,
143.739°E, depth 14.9 km.

(GRN) 55; - March 9, 2011, 7.2 Mw, Name: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake foreshock, location: Tōhokuchihō
Taiheiyō Oki Jishin (Higashi Nihon Dai-Shinsai) 38.424°N, 142.836°E, depth 32 km.

(GRN) 56; - March 11, 2011,05:46:23 UTC, (14:46 JST), 9.0 Mw, Name: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake,
location: Tōhokuchihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin, (Higashi Nihon Dai-Shinsai), 38.510°N, 142.792°E, depth 24.4
km, 15,883 deaths, confirmed.
(GRN) 57; - March 11, 2011, 06:25:50 UTC, 7.1 Mw, Name: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake aftershock,
location: Tōhokuchihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin (Higashi Nihon Dai-Shinsai), 38.106°N, 144.553°E, depth 19.7
km.

(GRN) 58; - April 7, 2011, 23:30:00 JST, 7.1 Mw, Name: 2011 Miyagi earthquake aftershock, location:
38.253°N, 141.640°E, depth 49 km, DT. 4

(GRN) 59; - April 11, 2011, 17:16:13 JST, 7.1 Mw, Name: 2011 Fukushima earthquake aftershock,
location: Fukushima-ken Hamadori Jishin 37.007°N, 140.477°E, depth 10 km, DT. 6

(GRN) 60; - July 10, 2011, 10:57:12 JST, 7.0 Mw, Name: 2011 Fukushima earthquake aftershock, location:
38.040°N, 143.287°E, depth 49 km, DT. 0. Quake was centered c. 242 km SW of Hachijo-jima.

(GRN) 61; - January 1, 2012, 14:27:54 JST, 6.8 Mw, Name: Izu Islands, Japan, location: 31.416°N,
138.155°E, depth 348.5 km. 242 km (150 miles) SW of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan.

(GRN) 62; - December 7, 2012, 17:18:24 JST, 7.3 Mw, Name: 2012 Kamaishi earthquake, location:
37.700°N, 144.600°E, depth 32.0 km, 293 km (182 miles) SE of Kamaishi, Japan, 492 km (306 miles) ENE
of Tokyo, Japan.

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