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Historic Earthquake
2004 Kii Peninsula Earthquake
5 September 2004 · Honshu, W Coast · Japan
On 5 September 2004 at 14:57 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, W Coast), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Amur Plate, 15 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 5 September 2004
- Time
- 14:57 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 10 km
- Injuries
- 40
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20042004 Kii Peninsula Earthquake · M 7.2
- 19461946 Nankai Earthquake · M 8.31,362 deaths
- 19451945 Mikawa Earthquake · M 7.12,306 deaths
- 19441944 Tōnankai Earthquake · M 8.11,223 deaths
- 1930Honshu, Idu · M 7.1259 deaths
- 1910Honshu, S. Of · M 7.4
- 19091909 Anegawa Earthquake · M 6.941 deaths
- 1906Near S Coast Honshu · M 8.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth