UTC time | 1936-11-02 20:45:57 |
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ISC event | 903917 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | November 3, 1936 |
Local time | 05:45 |
Magnitude | 7.2 Ms |
Depth | 61 km |
Epicenter | 38°12′N 142°06′E / 38.2°N 142.1°E |
Areas affected | Japan |
Tsunami | Yes |
An earthquake occurred on November 3 at 05:45 local time with a magnitude Ms 7.2, or MJMA 7.4.[1][2] The epicenter was located off the Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Four people were injured and buildings were damaged.[3] In Isobe (磯部) village, nowadays part of Sōma, Fukushima, a small market building collapsed.[4] A tsunami was recorded.[5]
This was one of the recurring interplate earthquakes at the offshore Miyagi with a recurrence interval of about 37 years.[6] Although not officially named by the Japanese Meteorological Agency, in Japanese, this earthquake is commonly known as 1936年宮城県沖地震 (Sen-kyūhyaku-sanjūroku-nen Miyagi-ken-oki Jishin) or 1936年金華山沖地震 (Sen-kyūhyaku-sanjūroku-nen Kinkasan-oki Jishin).[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "第三次地震被害想定調査結果の概要 (Summary of the results of the third earthquake damage estimation survey) p. 10" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). friuli-as.eng.hokudai.ac.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Report on the Field Investigation of the Earthquake of November 3, 1936
- ↑ "Title Unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ↑ Improvement on the Fault Model of Miyagi Earthquake for Hazard Maps
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.bousai.go.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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