What the records say
- When
- 25 Apr 1843
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.4
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 42.00° N, 146.00° E
- Deaths
- 45
- Houses destroyed
- 75
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1843 Tokachi earthquake
Earthquake in southeast Hokkaido, Japan
The southeastern part of Hokkaido and the northern Sanriku coast in Japan were struck by a major earthquake and tsunami on 25 April 1843 at 06:00 local time. It had an estimated magnitude of about 8.0 Mw. The tsunami resulted in more than 90 deaths.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page