What the records say
- When
- 16 Aug 2005
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 38.28° N, 142.04° E
- Injuries
- 56
- Houses destroyed
- 1
- Max water height m
- 0.05
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.2
- Runups
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2005 Miyagi earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
On 16 August 2005, at 11:46:28 JST, a MJMA 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It injured 100 people and damaged nearly 1,000 homes primarily in the Tōhoku Region.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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