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Historic Earthquake
1905 Japan Earthquake
6 July 1905 · Off Fukushima · Japan
On 6 July 1905 at 16:21 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Japan (Off Fukushima), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 93 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 57 people.
- Date
- 6 July 1905
- Time
- 16:21 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 57
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
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Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth