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Historic Earthquake
1939 Oga Earthquake
1 May 1939 · Honshu, Nw · Japan
On 1 May 1939 at 05:58 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, Nw). It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 72 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (collision zone). It killed at least 27 people and injured 52. 479 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 1 May 1939
- Time
- 05:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Deaths
- 27
- Injuries
- 52
- Homes Destroyed
- 479
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.2 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Megata (25 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20252025 Aomori Earthquake · M 7.6
- 1989Honshu, N · M 7.4
- 19831983 Sea of Japan Earthquake · M 7.7104 deaths
- 19641964 Niigata Earthquake · M 7.636 deaths
- 1931Near E Coast of Honshu · M 7.7
- 19141914 Akita-Senboku Earthquake · M 7.294 deaths
- 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