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1938 Fukushima Earthquakes
6 November 1938 · Off East Coast Honshu · Japan
On 6 November 1938 at 08:53 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Off East Coast Honshu), at a depth of 0 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 128 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 6 November 1938
- Time
- 08:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 0 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Adatarayama (170 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
- 20112011 Northern Nagano Earthquake · M 7.9
- 19781978 Miyagi Earthquake · M 7.728 deaths
- 19641964 Niigata Earthquake · M 7.636 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.71 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.6
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 1915Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth