Tsunami — Nw. Honshu Island

When

16 Jun 1964

Kind

Tsunami

Coordinates

38.38° N, 139.23° E

Deaths

36

Injuries

385

Damage musd

800

Houses destroyed

3557

Max water height m

5.8

Source quake magnitude

7.6

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

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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