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Historic Earthquake
2003 Japan Earthquake
31 October 2003 · East Coast of Honshu · Japan
On 31 October 2003 at 01:06 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Japan (East Coast of Honshu), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 106 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 31 October 2003
- Time
- 01:06 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 10 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Naruko (194 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
- 20112011 Northern Nagano Earthquake · M 7.9
- 19781978 Miyagi Earthquake · M 7.728 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.71 deaths
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 1931Near E Coast of Honshu · M 7.7
- 1915Near E Coast of Honshu · M 7.8
- 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