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Historic Earthquake
1968 Hyūga-nada Earthquake
1 April 1968 · Kyushu, Shikoku · Japan
On 1 April 1968 at 00:42 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Amur Plate, 95 km from its boundary with the Okinawa Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 1 person and injured 22.
- Date
- 1 April 1968
- Time
- 00:42 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 30 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 22
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (3.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kujusan (146 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth