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Historic Earthquake
1909 Anegawa Earthquake
14 August 1909 · Oomi · Japan
On 14 August 1909 at 06:30 UTC, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Japan (Oomi), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Amur Plate, 176 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 41 people. 976 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 14 August 1909
- Time
- 06:30 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.9
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 41
- Homes Destroyed
- 976
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.8 m wave)
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Hakusan (94 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