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Historic Earthquake
1944 Tōnankai Earthquake
7 December 1944 · Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula · Japan
On 7 December 1944 at 04:35 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Japan (Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Amur Plate, 93 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1,223 people and injured 2,135. 29,205 homes were destroyed. It is the 89th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 7 December 1944
- Time
- 04:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 30 km
- Deaths
- 1,223
- Injuries
- 2,135
- Homes Destroyed
- 29,205
- Homes Damaged
- 46,950
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (10.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kozushima (191 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20042004 Kii Peninsula Earthquake · M 7.4
- 19611961 Kita Mino Earthquake · M 7.310 deaths
- 19481948 Fukui Earthquake · M 7.35,131 deaths
- 19461946 Nankai Earthquake · M 8.31,362 deaths
- 19271927 North Tango Earthquake · M 7.33,022 deaths
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 1910Honshu, S. Of · M 7.4
- 1906Near S Coast Honshu · M 8.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth