What the records say
- When
- 2 Mar 1933
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 39.21° N, 144.59° E
- Deaths
- 3022
- Houses destroyed
- 6000
- Max water height m
- 29
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.4
- Runups
- 294
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1933 Sanriku earthquake
Earthquake off the coast of Japan
The 1933 Sanriku earthquake occurred on the Sanriku coast of the Tōhoku region of Honshū, Japan on March 2 with a moment magnitude of 8.4. The associated tsunami caused widespread devastation.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page