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Historic Earthquake
1947 Japan Earthquake
4 November 1947 · Japan
On 4 November 1947 at 00:09 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Japan, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 190 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (collision zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 4 November 1947
- Time
- 00:09 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (2.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Niseko (106 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19931993 Okushiri Earthquake · M 7.7231 deaths
- 19931993 Kushiro-Oki Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 1969Hokkaido · M 7.6
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 7.5
- 1952Hokkaido · M 7.1
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 19401940 Shakotan Earthquake · M 7.510 deaths
- 1905Hokkaido · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth