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Historic Earthquake
1968 Tokachi Earthquake
16 May 1968 · Off Coast of Honshu Island · Japan
On 16 May 1968 at 10:39 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Off Coast of Honshu Island), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 163 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 16 May 1968
- Time
- 10:39 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 33 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Esan (132 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
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 1931Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.7
- 1904Hokkaido · M 7.6
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 8.218 deaths
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth