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Historic Earthquake
1904 Japan Earthquake
18 March 1904 · Hokkaido · Japan
On 18 March 1904 at 13:42 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Japan (Hokkaido), at a depth of 40 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 75 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 18 March 1904
- Time
- 13:42 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 40 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Tomariyama [Golovnin] (151 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20032003 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.32 deaths
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19941994 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.311 deaths
- 19731973 Nemuro Earthquake · M 7.727 deaths
- 19691969 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.2
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 1900Kuril Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth