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Historic Earthquake
1905 Japan Earthquake
1 September 1905 · Hokkaido · Japan
On 1 September 1905 at 02:45 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Hokkaido), at a depth of 230 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 288 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 1 September 1905
- Time
- 02:45 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 230 km
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Rishirizan (139 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2004Hokkaido, Bekkai · M 7.0
- 19931993 Kushiro-Oki Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 1978Kuril Islands · M 7.5
- 1971Sakhalin, Moneron Island · M 7.3
- 1969Hokkaido · M 7.6
- 1950Sea of Okhotsk · M 7.9
- 1947Japan · M 7.0
- 19401940 Shakotan Earthquake · M 7.510 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth