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Historic Earthquake
1906 Japan Earthquake
21 January 1906 · Near S Coast Honshu · Japan
On 21 January 1906 at 13:49 UTC, a magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck Japan (Near S Coast Honshu), at a depth of 340 km. It occurred on the Amur Plate, 29 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It is the 20th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 21 January 1906
- Time
- 13:49 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.4
- Depth
- 340 km
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kozushima (109 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20042004 Kii Peninsula Earthquake · M 7.4
- 19721972 Hachijōjima Earthquake · M 7.4
- 19461946 Nankai Earthquake · M 8.31,362 deaths
- 19441944 Tōnankai Earthquake · M 8.11,223 deaths
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 1916Off East Coast Honshu · M 7.8
- 1910Honshu, S. Of · M 7.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth