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Historic Earthquake
1961 Kita Mino Earthquake
19 August 1961 · Honshu, W Coast · Japan
On 19 August 1961 at 05:33 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, W Coast). It occurred on the Amur Plate, 113 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 10 people.
- Date
- 19 August 1961
- Time
- 05:33 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Deaths
- 10
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Hakusan (18 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20242024 Noto Earthquake · M 7.5549 deaths
- 19481948 Fukui Earthquake · M 7.35,131 deaths
- 19441944 Tōnankai Earthquake · M 8.11,223 deaths
- 19431943 Tottori Earthquake · M 7.41,400 deaths
- 19271927 North Tango Earthquake · M 7.33,022 deaths
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 1906Near S Coast Honshu · M 8.4
- 1900Sea of Japan · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth