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The main shock occurred at 02:31 AM local time on March 3, 1933 (17:31 UTC March 2, 1933), and measured 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale. [2] It was in approximately the same location as the 1896 Sanriku earthquake and it occurred far enough away from the town that shaking did little damage.
The 1933 Long Beach earthquake caused 120 deaths and extensive property damage. Costs were around $40 million (1933 rate). Many schools were damaged which led to changes in building codes. 120: 11 [25] Japan, Bonin Islands: 6.8: 480.0: 17 [26] Russian SFSR, Kamchatka Krai: 6.6: 35.0: 17 [27] Philippines, southeast of Mindanao: 6.7: 35.0: 18 [28 ...
1933 Sanriku earthquake: Earthquake and Tsunami 2 Mar 1933: Offshore Tōhoku region, Hawaii: Tsunami waves of 2.9 meters (9 ft 6 in) reached the Hawaiian coastline and caused minor damage. 2,925: 1927 Kita Tango earthquake: Earthquake 7 Mar 1927: Kyoto Prefecture: 2,306: 1945 Mikawa earthquake: Earthquake 13 Jan 1945: Aichi Prefecture
In March 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the Sanriku coast, setting off a 10 metres (33 feet) tsunami. The 9.0-magnitude quake near Tohoku was comparable in scale to undersea seismic events near Indonesia in 2004 (3rd largest on record) and near Chile in 2010 (6th largest). [ 13 ]
January 1-May 31 – Defense of the Great Wall February 21–March 1 – Battle of Rehe March 2 – 1933 Sanriku earthquake.Although the earthquake itself does little damage, the associated tsunami, recorded at a height of 28.7 metres (94 ft) at Ōfunato, Iwate, caused extensive damage, destroys many homes and causes numerous casualties.
1927 North Tango earthquake; 1930 North Izu earthquake; 1933 Sanriku earthquake; 1936 Miyagi earthquake; 1939 Oga earthquake; 1941 Hyūga-nada earthquake; 1943 Tottori earthquake; 1946 Nankai earthquake; 1948 Fukui earthquake; 1952 Tokachi earthquake; 1961 North Mino earthquake; 1964 Niigata earthquake; 1968 Ebino earthquake; 1968 Hyūga-nada ...
March 3, 1933: 8.4 M w [42] 3,000+ 1933 Sanriku earthquake: 昭和三陸地震: Shōwa Sanriku Jishin: 290 km (180 mi) east of the city of Kamaishi, Iwate: Kamaishi Bay, Iwate after 1933 earthquake and tsunami: November 3, 1936: 7.2 M s: 0: 1936 Miyagi earthquake: 1936年宮城県沖地震: Sen-kyūhyaku-sanjūroku-nen Miyagi-ken-oki Jishin ...
Sanriku earthquake (Japanese: 三陸沖地震) may refer to: 869 Sanriku earthquake; 1611 Sanriku earthquake; 1896 Sanriku earthquake; 1933 Sanriku earthquake; 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake; 2012 Sanriku earthquake