What the records say
- When
- 17 Jun 1973
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 43.20° N, 145.80° E
- Injuries
- 27
- Damage musd
- 5
- Houses destroyed
- 2
- Max water height m
- 5.96
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.7
- Runups
- 72
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1973 Nemuro earthquake
Earthquake off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan
The Nemuro-Oki earthquake in scientific literature, occurred on June 17 at 12:55 local time. It struck with an epicenter just off the Nemuro Peninsula in northern Hokkaidō, Japan. It measured 7.8–7.9 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw), 8.1 on the tsunami magnitude scale (Mt) and 7.4 on the Japan Meteorological Agency magnitude scale (MJMA).
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page