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Historic Earthquake
1968 Japan Earthquake
7 October 1968 · Bonin Islands · Japan
On 7 October 1968 at 19:20 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Bonin Islands), at a depth of 516 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 260 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 7 October 1968
- Time
- 19:20 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 516 km
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kaikata Seamount (52 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2015Bonin Islands 2015 Earthquake · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth