1933 Sanriku earthquake

Earthquake off the coast of Japan 1933 Sanriku earthquake Ofunato Bay after 1933 tsunami.jpg Massakicho Town, Ōfunato Bay, Iwate after the event 1933-03-02 17:30:59 905420 official19330302173100_30 1933 03 03 02:30:48 JST Japan 8.4 w yThe energy release in great earthquakes http://gps-prod-storage.cloud.caltech.edu.s3.amazonaws.com/people_personal_assets/kanamori/HKjgr77.pdf Journal of Geophysical Research American Geophysical Union 82 20 2981–2987 1977 Kanamori H. Hiroo Kanamori 1977JGR....82.2981K 10.1029/JB082i020p02981 2017-12-18 2016-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20160920140516/http://gps-prod-storage.cloud.caltech.edu.s3.amazonaws.com/people_personal_assets/kanamori/HKjgr77.pdf dead 20 km mi 0 on 39 7.7 N 144 7 E inline,title Dip-slip – Intraplate Japan Up to 28.7 m ft onin Ryori, Kesen, Iwate, Tōhoku 1,522 deaths, 1,542 missing,12,053 people injured V 5 right|thumb|Damage at Kamaishi The 1933 Sanriku earthquake 昭和三陸地震 Shōwa Sanriku Jishin 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. Earthquake The epicenter was located offshore, 290 km mi east of the city of Kamaishi, Iwate. The main shock occurred at 02:31 AM local time on March 3, 1933 (17:31 UTC March 2, 1933), and measured 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1933_03_02.php Historical Earthquakes:The 1933 Sanriku earthquake 2008-07-16 United States Geological Survey 14 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724115436/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1933_03_02.php 2008-07-24 dead It was in approximately the same location as the 1896 Sanriku earthquake and it occurred far enough away from the town that shaking did little damage. Approximately three hours after the main shock there was a magnitude 6.8 aftershock, followed by 76 more aftershocks (with a magnitude of 5.0 or greater) over a period of six months.The Meiji Sanriku Earthquake (June 15, 1896, M 8 1/2) and Sanriku Earthquake (March 3, 1933, M 8.1) This was an intraplate event that occurred within the Pacific plate,"日本海溝・千島海溝周辺海溝型地震に関する専門調査会報告" by 日本海溝・千島海溝周辺海溝型地震に関する専門調査会 and the focal mechanism showed normal faulting.Outer trench-slope faulting and the 2011 M w 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake Earth, Planets and Space Springer Science+Business Media 63 7 713 2011 Lay T. Thorne Lay Ammon C. J. Kanamori H. Kim M. J. Xue L. 2011EP&S...63..713L 10.5047/eps.2011.05.006 free Damage Although little damage was produced from the shock, the tsunami, which was recorded to reach the height of 28.7 m ft at Ōfunato, Iwate, caused extensive damage, and destroyed many homes and caused numerous casualties.Masayuki Nakao, "The Great Meiji Sanriku Tsunami". Association for the Study of Failure The tsunami destroyed over 7,000 homes along the northern Japanese coastline, of which over 4,885 were washed away. The tsunami was also recorded in Hawaii with a height of 9.5 ft m, and also resulted in slight damage. The death toll came to 1,522 people confirmed dead, 1,542 missing, and 12,053 injured. Hardest hit was the town of Tarō, Iwate (now part of Miyako city), with 98% of its houses destroyed and 42% of its population killed.Corkill, Edan, "Heights of survival", Japan Times, 12 June 2011, pp. 9–10. See also List of earthquakes in 1933 List of earthquakes in Japan Seismicity of the Sanriku coast Notes External links Historic video footage of devastation following 1933 Sanriku Earthquake 905420 Sanriku Sanriku Category:March 1933 in Asia Category:1930s tsunamis Category:Earthquakes in the Empire of Japan Category:Tsunamis in Japan Category:Earthquakes of the Shōwa era Category:1933 disasters in Japan Category:Earthquakes in Iwate Prefecture