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Historic Earthquake
1971 Japan Earthquake
2 August 1971 · Japan
On 2 August 1971 at 07:24 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Japan, at a depth of 51 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 100 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 2 August 1971
- Time
- 07:24 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 51 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Osorezan (199 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 8.218 deaths
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 7.9
- 1900Kuril Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth