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Historic Earthquake
2003 Tokachi Earthquake
25 September 2003 · Hokkaido · Japan
On 25 September 2003 at 19:50 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Japan (Hokkaido), at a depth of 27 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 116 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 2 people and injured 849. It is the 43rd most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 25 September 2003
- Time
- 19:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 27 km
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 849
- Estimated Damage
- 90 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (4.4 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Akan (175 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 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
- 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