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Historic Earthquake
1982 Urakawa Earthquake
21 March 1982 · Hokkaido, Urakawa · Japan
On 21 March 1982 at 02:32 UTC, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Japan (Hokkaido, Urakawa), at a depth of 44 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 227 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 110 people and injured 100.
- Date
- 21 March 1982
- Time
- 02:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Depth
- 44 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 110
- Injuries
- 100
- Estimated Damage
- 1 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.3 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Shikotsu (100 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
- 19931993 Okushiri Earthquake · M 7.7231 deaths
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 1931Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.7
- 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