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Historic Earthquake
1945 Mikawa Earthquake
12 January 1945 · Honshu, S · Japan
On 12 January 1945 at 18:38 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, S). It occurred on the Amur Plate, 120 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 2,306 people and injured 896. 7,221 homes were destroyed. It is the 90th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 12 January 1945
- Time
- 18:38 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Deaths
- 2,306
- Injuries
- 896
- Homes Destroyed
- 7,221
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Ontakesan (135 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20042004 Kii Peninsula Earthquake · M 7.4
- 19461946 Nankai Earthquake · M 8.31,362 deaths
- 19441944 Tōnankai Earthquake · M 8.11,223 deaths
- 19271927 North Tango Earthquake · M 7.33,022 deaths
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 1910Honshu, S. Of · M 7.4
- 1906Near S Coast of 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