What the records say
- When
- 12 Jul 1993
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 42.85° N, 139.20° E
- Deaths
- 231
- Injuries
- 233
- Damage musd
- 1207
- Houses destroyed
- 2374
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 17
4 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.7 Hokkaidō earthquake affects northern Japan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and triggers a devastating tsunami that kills 230 on the…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un terremoto de 7,7 frente a la isla japonesa de Hokkaidō provoca un devastador tsunami que mata a 230 personas en la pequeña isla de Okushiri”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “北海道南西沖地震が発生し、奥尻島に巨大津波が到達。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page