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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.
Pages in category "Earthquakes of the Showa era" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... 1933 Sanriku earthquake; 1936 Miyagi earthquake;
This is a list of earthquakes in 1933. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media interest.
1933 Sanriku earthquake; I. 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake; J. July 2008 Iwate earthquake; S. Seismicity of the Sanriku coast; T. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and ...
1933 Sanriku earthquake This page was last edited on 7 September 2023, at 21:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
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
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 ]
1933 earthquake may refer to: 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake (Canada, tsunami) 1933 Diexi earthquake (China) 1933 Long Beach earthquake (Los Angeles, California, US) (small tsunami) 1933 Sanriku earthquake (Japan) (great, tsunami) 1933 Kos earthquake (Greece) 1933 Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia)