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Historic Earthquake
1969 Japan Earthquake
19 January 1969 · Hokkaido · Japan
On 19 January 1969 at 07:02 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Japan (Hokkaido), at a depth of 204 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 298 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 19 January 1969
- Time
- 07:02 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 204 km
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Taisetsuzan (151 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2004Hokkaido, Bekkai · M 7.0
- 19931993 Kushiro-Oki Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 1978Kuril Islands · M 7.5
- 19731973 Nemuro Earthquake · M 7.727 deaths
- 1971Sakhalin, Moneron Island · M 7.3
- 1950Sea of Okhotsk · M 7.9
- 1947Japan · M 7.0
- 1905Hokkaido · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth