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Historic Earthquake
1923 Great Kantō Earthquake
2 September 1923 · Near S Coast of Honshu · Japan
On 2 September 1923 at 02:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Japan (Near S Coast of Honshu), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 32 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (continental collision). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 2 September 1923
- Time
- 02:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 20 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Izu Ōshima (76 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Northern Nagano Earthquake · M 7.9
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.71 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.6
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 1916Off East Coast of Honshu · M 7.8
- 1910Honshu, S. Of · M 7.4
- 1909Yokohama · M 7.5
- 1906Near S Coast of 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