Cambridge Earthquake Impact Database
Earthquake
Japan 1978
Miyagi-ken

eq id
usp0000v0f
region
Ohfunato, Ishinomaki, Sendai, Fukushima (Seismic I
event date (dd/mm/yyyy)
12/06/1978
event time (local)
17:14
time zone (+- hours)
9
depth (km)
53.3
magnitude
7.6
epicentre (lat long)
38.224 142.009
lat/long accuracy
Good
secondary effects
pde shaking deaths
28
precision notes
The unit of Magnitude is 'MJ', which is the local magnitude defined and calculated by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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