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Historic Earthquake
1904 Japan Earthquake
24 August 1904 · Kyushu · Japan
On 24 August 1904 at 20:59 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Japan (Kyushu), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Okinawa Plate, 109 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 24 August 1904
- Time
- 20:59 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 25 km
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kuchinoshima (8 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1995Ryuku Is. · M 7.1
- 19611961 Hyūga-nada Earthquake · M 7.32 deaths
- 19411941 Hyūga-nada Earthquake · M 7.42 deaths
- 19311931 Hyūga-nada Earthquake · M 7.51 deaths
- 1916Duda · M 8.0
- 19141914 Sakurajima Earthquake · M 7.163 deaths
- 19111911 Kikai Island Earthquake · M 8.012 deaths
- 1909Kyushu · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth