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Historic Earthquake
1916 Japan Earthquake
21 April 1916 · Off East Coast Honshu · Japan
On 21 April 1916 at 11:31 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Japan (Off East Coast Honshu), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 99 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 21 April 1916
- Time
- 11:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Hachijojima (116 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19721972 Hachijōjima Earthquake · M 7.4
- 1972S of Honshu, Hachijojima · M 7.2
- 1953Kashima · M 7.41 deaths
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 1910Honshu, S. Of · M 7.4
- 1909Yokohama · M 7.5
- 1906Near S Coast Honshu · M 8.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth