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Historic Earthquake
1968 Tokachi Earthquake
16 May 1968 · Off East Coast of Honshu Island · Japan
On 16 May 1968 at 00:48 UTC, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Japan (Off East Coast of Honshu Island), at a depth of 7 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 105 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 52 people and injured 330. 1,218 homes were destroyed. It is the 59th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 16 May 1968
- Time
- 00:48 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Depth
- 7 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 52
- Injuries
- 330
- Homes Destroyed
- 1,218
- Estimated Damage
- 131 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (6.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Osorezan (182 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
- 20032003 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.32 deaths
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 1915Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.8
- 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