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Historic Earthquake
1995 Japan Earthquake
18 October 1995 · Ryuku Is. · Japan
On 18 October 1995 at 10:37 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan (Ryuku Is.), at a depth of 28 km. It occurred on the Okinawa Plate, 42 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 18 October 1995
- Time
- 10:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 28 km
- Injuries
- 1
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (2.6 m wave)
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Yokoatejima (151 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2010Tori Shima, Okinawa · M 7.0
- 1916Duda · M 8.0
- 19111911 Kikai Island Earthquake · M 8.012 deaths
- 1904Kyushu · M 7.9
- 1901Ryukyu 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