Earthquake — Japan: Honshu: W Coast

When

16 Jun 1964

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.6

Where

Japan

Coordinates

38.38° N, 139.23° E

Deaths

36

Injuries

385

Damage musd

800

Houses destroyed

3557

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

57

June 1964 earthquake in Japan

The 1964 Niigata earthquake struck at 13:01 local time on 16 June 1964 with a magnitude of 7.6. The epicenter was on the continental shelf off the northwest coast of Honshu, Japan, in Niigata Prefecture, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the city of Niigata. The earthquake caused liquefaction over large parts of the city.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake in Niigata Prefecture kills 12.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “séisme à Niigata, au Japon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Japón, un terremoto de 7,6 sacude la ciudad de Niigata, matando a 36 personas y provocando la licuefacción de gran parte de la ciudad”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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