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Historic Earthquake
1943 Tottori Earthquake
10 September 1943 · Honshu, S · Japan
On 10 September 1943 at 08:37 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, S), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Amur Plate, 343 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1,400 people. 7,739 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 10 September 1943
- Time
- 08:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 10 km
- Deaths
- 1,400
- Homes Destroyed
- 7,739
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Sanbesan (117 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1995Great Hanshin Earthquake · M 6.96,434 deaths
- 19611961 Kita Mino Earthquake · M 7.310 deaths
- 19481948 Fukui Earthquake · M 7.35,131 deaths
- 19271927 North Tango Earthquake · M 7.33,022 deaths
- 19251925 North Tajima Earthquake · M 6.8395 deaths
- 19091909 Anegawa Earthquake · M 6.941 deaths
- 19051905 Geiyo Earthquake · M 7.811 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