What the records say
- When
- 25 Sep 2003
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 41.81° N, 143.91° E
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 849
- Damage musd
- 90
- Max water height m
- 4.4
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.3
- Runups
- 268
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2003 Tokachi earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
The 2003 Tokachi earthquake, known in Japanese as the 2003 Tokachi-Oki earthquake , occurred off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan on 26 September at 04:50 local time. At a focal depth of 27 km (17 mi), this great undersea earthquake measured 8.3 on the moment magnitude scale, making it the most powerful earthquake of 2003, as well as one of the most intense earthquakes to hit Japan since modern record-keeping began in 19…
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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