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Historic Earthquake
1958 Japan Earthquake
11 March 1958 · Ryukyu Islands · Japan
On 11 March 1958 at 00:22 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Ryukyu Islands), at a depth of 70 km. It occurred on the Okinawa Plate, 33 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (mid-ocean ridge).
- Date
- 11 March 1958
- Time
- 00:22 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 70 km
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Submarine Volcano NNE of Iriomotejima (118 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19661966 Hualien Earthquake · M 8.07 deaths
- 19631963 Su-ao Earthquake · M 7.315 deaths
- 1959Taipei · M 7.52 deaths
- 1938Sw Ryukyu Islands · M 7.6
- 1926Ryukyu Islands · M 7.5
- 1917Ne of Taiwan · M 7.7
- 1915Sw Ryukyu Islands · M 7.7
- 19101910 Taiwan Earthquake · M 7.860 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth