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Historic Earthquake
1926 Japan Earthquake
29 June 1926 · Ryukyu Islands · Japan
On 29 June 1926 at 14:27 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Ryukyu Islands), at a depth of 130 km. It occurred on the Okinawa Plate, 21 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 29 June 1926
- Time
- 14:27 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 130 km
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Io-Torishima (155 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2010Tori Shima, Okinawa · M 7.0
- 1958Ryukyu Islands · M 7.5
- 1938Sw Ryukyu Islands · M 7.6
- 1901Ryukyu Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth