What the records say
- When
- 18 Nov 1941
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 32.00° N, 132.10° E
- Deaths
- 2
- Houses destroyed
- 27
- Depth km
- 10
1941 Hyūga-nada earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
The 1941 Hyūga-nada earthquake occurred off the coast of Kyushu, Japan at 19:02 local time on November 19. The earthquake measured 8.0 Mw and had a depth of 35 km (22 mi). A JMA seismic intensity of 5 was observed in Miyazaki City and Nobeoka City in Miyazaki Prefecture, and Hitoyoshi City in Kumamoto Prefecture. Due to the earthquake, a tsunami with a maximum wave height of 1.2 m was observed in Kyushu and Shikoku.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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