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Historic Earthquake
2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake
13 June 2008 · Honshu, Tokyo · Japan
On 13 June 2008 at 23:43 UTC, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, Tokyo), at a depth of 8 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 224 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (collision zone). It killed at least 23 people and injured 357.
- Date
- 13 June 2008
- Time
- 23:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.9
- Depth
- 8 km
- Deaths
- 23
- Injuries
- 357
- Homes Damaged
- 614
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (2.5 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kurikomayama (11 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.71 deaths
- 1931Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.7
- 1915Near E Coast 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