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Historic Earthquake
1952 Japan Earthquake
4 March 1952 · Hokkaido · Japan
On 4 March 1952 at 01:22 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Japan (Hokkaido), at a depth of 45 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 153 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 33 people and injured 572. 2,422 homes were destroyed. It is the 92nd most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 4 March 1952
- Time
- 01:22 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 45 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 33
- Injuries
- 572
- Homes Destroyed
- 2,422
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (6.5 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Akan (138 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20032003 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.32 deaths
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19731973 Nemuro Earthquake · M 7.727 deaths
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 1931Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.7
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 8.218 deaths
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 7.9
- 1900Kuril Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth