Major earthquakes Japan 1995-2024, by reinsurance claims paid
As of March 2024, the 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku has caused the highest amount of reinsurance claims paid in Japan, with the total sum amounting to around 1.29 trillion Japanese yen. The Tohoku earthquake, also referred to as the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011, was the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan. The Kumamoto earthquakes of 2016 ranked second, with about 391.3 billion yen of reinsurance claims paid.
