What the records say
- When
- 13 Feb 2021
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 37.74° N, 141.75° E
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 186
- Damage musd
- 7700
- Houses destroyed
- 798
- Max water height m
- 0.1
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2021 Fukushima earthquake
February 2021 earthquake off the Tōhoku coast in Japan
An intense and deadly seismic event struck offshore east of Tōhoku, Japan on 13 February 2021. The MJMA 7.3 or Mw 7.1 earthquake occurred on a Saturday night at 23:07 JST at a focal depth of 44.0 kilometers (27.3 mi). It had a maximum JMA intensity of Shindo 6+ to Shindo 7 while on the Mercalli intensity scale, it registered a rating of VIII (Severe).
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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