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Historic Earthquake
1900 Japan Earthquake
11 January 1900 · Sea of Japan · Japan
On 11 January 1900 at 09:07 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Japan (Sea of Japan). It occurred on the Amur Plate, 394 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 11 January 1900
- Time
- 09:07 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Sanbesan (171 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1995Great Hanshin Earthquake · M 6.96,434 deaths
- 19611961 Kita Mino Earthquake · M 7.310 deaths
- 19481948 Fukui Earthquake · M 7.35,131 deaths
- 19431943 Tottori Earthquake · M 7.41,400 deaths
- 19271927 North Tango Earthquake · M 7.33,022 deaths
- 19251925 North Tajima Earthquake · M 6.8395 deaths
- 19091909 Anegawa Earthquake · M 6.941 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth