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Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Injured Damage Remarks
1923 9 1 1158L 35.33 139.14 23 7.9 T 142807 103733 D7 South East side of Kanto area [Kanto earthquake] fire fault 8.2S 7.9W
1925 5 23 1109L 35.56 134.84 0 6.8   428 834 D5 North side of Hyogo Prefecture[ (Kita) Tajima earthquake]firefaultD=465 H=1016 6.6S
1927 3 7 1827L 35.63 134.93 18 7.3 t 2925 7806 D6 North side of Kyoto Prefecture [ (Kita) Tango earthquake](fire)fault 7.6S 7.1W
1930 11 26 0402L 35.04 138.98 1 7.3   272 572 D5 East side of Shizuoka Prefecture[Kita Izu earthquake] fault 7.0W 7.2S
1933 3 3 0230L 39.23 144.52 10 8.1 T 3064 1092 D6 Iwate Prefecture offshore [Sanriku-oki earthquake] 8.5S 8.4W
1943 9 10 1736L 35.47 134.19 0 7.2   1083 3259 D5 East side of Tottori Prefecture[Tottori earthquake]fire fault H=6153 7.4S 7.0W
1944 12 7 1335L 33.57 136.18 40 7.9 T 1251 2971 D5 Mie Prefecture offshore[Tonankai earthquake] 8.0S 8.1W
1945 1 13 0338L 34.70 137.11 10 6.8 T 2306 3866 D6 South side of Aichi Prefecture [Mikawa earthquake] fault D=1961 6.8S 6.6W
1946 12 21 0419L 32.93 135.85 24 8.0 T 1330 3842 D5 Kii-hanto peninsula offshore [Nankai earthquake ](fire) 8.2S 8.1W
1948 6 28 1613L 36.17 136.30 0 7.1   3769 22203 D6 North side of Fukui Prefecture[Fukui earthquake]fire D=3895/5390 7.3S 7.0W
1960 5 23 0411L -38.17 -72.57 0 9.5 T 142 872 D4 Chile South offshore[Chile earthquake tsunami] 8.5S 9.5W
1983 5 26 1159L 40.36 139.08 14 7.7 T 104 163 D4 Akita Prefecture offshore [Nihonkai-chubu earthquake]death in Korea 3 Russia 1 7.7W
1993 7 12 2217L 42.78 139.18 35 7.8 T 230 323 D5 Okushiri-to Island offshore[Off Southwestern Hokkaido earthquake]Russia(missing:3)/Korea7.7W
1995 1 17 0546L 34.60 135.04 16 7.3   6432 43792 D6 [Southern Hyogo Prefecture EQ]Great Hanshin-Aawji earthquake disaster(unknown 3)fault6.8S 6.9W
2011 3 11 1446L 38.10 142.86 24 9.0 T 18943 6025 D6 [The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake]9.1W

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Search condition : number of dead ≥ 100

The casualty for the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake was from National Police Agency (as of 2012/3/28).