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December 2012 Sanriku Earthquake
7 December 2012 · Honshu, Miyagi Prefecture · Japan
On 7 December 2012 at 08:18 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, Miyagi Prefecture), at a depth of 31 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 49 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 7 December 2012
- Time
- 08:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 31 km
- Injuries
- 11
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Japan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
- 20112011 Sanriku Offshore Earthquake · M 7.6
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19781978 Miyagi Earthquake · M 7.728 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.71 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.6
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 1915Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth