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Historic Earthquake
1901 Japan Earthquake
24 June 1901 · Ryukyu Islands · Japan
On 24 June 1901 at 07:02 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Japan (Ryukyu Islands), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Okinawa Plate, 31 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 24 June 1901
- Time
- 07:02 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 60 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Japan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2010Tori Shima, Okinawa · M 7.0
- 1995Ryuku Is. · M 7.1
- 1926Ryukyu Islands · M 7.5
- 19111911 Kikai Island Earthquake · M 8.012 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth