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Historic Earthquake
1994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake
28 December 1994 · Honshu · Japan
On 28 December 1994 at 12:19 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu), at a depth of 27 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 90 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 3 people and injured 200.
- Date
- 28 December 1994
- Time
- 12:19 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 27 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 200
- Estimated Damage
- 170 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.5 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
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
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 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