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Historic Earthquake
1916 Japan Earthquake
1 February 1916 · Duda · Japan
On 1 February 1916 at 07:36 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Japan (Duda), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Okinawa Plate, 28 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 1 February 1916
- Time
- 07:36 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kuchinoshima (161 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1995Ryuku Is. · M 7.1
- 19611961 Hyūga-nada Earthquake · M 7.32 deaths
- 19411941 Hyūga-nada Earthquake · M 7.42 deaths
- 19311931 Hyūga-nada Earthquake · M 7.51 deaths
- 19141914 Sakurajima Earthquake · M 7.163 deaths
- 19111911 Kikai Island Earthquake · M 8.012 deaths
- 1909Kyushu · M 7.9
- 1904Kyushu · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth