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Historic Earthquake
2005 Miyagi Earthquake
16 August 2005 · East Coast of Honshu · Japan
On 16 August 2005 at 02:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Japan (East Coast of Honshu), at a depth of 36 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 174 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. 1 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 16 August 2005
- Time
- 02:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 36 km
- Injuries
- 56
- Homes Destroyed
- 1
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Naruko (124 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
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 1915Near E Coast of 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