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Historic Earthquake
1931 Japan Earthquake
9 March 1931 · Near E Coast Honshu · Japan
On 9 March 1931 at 03:48 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Japan (Near E Coast Honshu), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 159 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 9 March 1931
- Time
- 03:48 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 60 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Towada (137 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
- 20032003 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.32 deaths
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 1915Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.8
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 8.218 deaths
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth