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Historic Earthquake
1927 North Tango Earthquake
7 March 1927 · Honshu, Sw · Japan
On 7 March 1927 at 09:27 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, Sw), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Amur Plate, 264 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 3,022 people and injured 3,295. 15,594 homes were destroyed. It is the 71st deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 7 March 1927
- Time
- 09:27 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 10 km
- Deaths
- 3,022
- Injuries
- 3,295
- Homes Destroyed
- 15,594
- Homes Damaged
- 9,821
- Estimated Damage
- 40 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (11.3 m wave)
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Hakusan (163 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20242024 Noto Earthquake · M 7.5549 deaths
- 19611961 Kita Mino Earthquake · M 7.310 deaths
- 19481948 Fukui Earthquake · M 7.35,131 deaths
- 19461946 Nankai Earthquake · M 8.31,362 deaths
- 19451945 Mikawa Earthquake · M 7.12,306 deaths
- 19441944 Tōnankai Earthquake · M 8.11,223 deaths
- 19431943 Tottori Earthquake · M 7.41,400 deaths
- 1900Sea of Japan · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth