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Historic Earthquake
1925 North Tajima Earthquake
23 May 1925 · Honshu, Tajima · Japan
On 23 May 1925 at 02:09 UTC, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, Tajima). It occurred on the Amur Plate, 290 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 395 people. 3,333 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 23 May 1925
- Time
- 02:09 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Deaths
- 395
- Homes Destroyed
- 3,333
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Hakusan (187 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 19431943 Tottori Earthquake · M 7.41,400 deaths
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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