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Historic Earthquake
1909 Japan Earthquake
13 March 1909 · Yokohama · Japan
On 13 March 1909 at 14:29 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Yokohama), at a depth of 80 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 17 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (collision zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 13 March 1909
- Time
- 14:29 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 80 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Miyakejima (187 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Northern Nagano Earthquake · M 7.9
- 19721972 Hachijōjima Earthquake · M 7.4
- 1972S of Honshu, Hachijojima · M 7.2
- 1953Kashima · M 7.41 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.71 deaths
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 1916Off East Coast Honshu · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth