What the records say
- When
- 16 May 1968
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 40.80° N, 143.20° E
- Deaths
- 52
- Injuries
- 330
- Damage musd
- 131
- Houses destroyed
- 1218
- Max water height m
- 6
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.2
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1968 Tokachi earthquake
8.3 magnitude earthquake
The 1968 Tokachi earthquake occurred on May 16 at 0:49 UTC in the area offshore of Aomori and Hokkaido. The magnitude of this earthquake was put at Mw 8.3. The intensity of the earthquake reached shindo 5 in Aomori, Aomori and Hakodate, Hokkaido.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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