1927 North Tango earthquake

Earthquake off the west coast of Japan 1927 Kita Tango earthquake 1927 Kita-Tango Earthquake damage at Mineyama.jpg 1927 Kita-Tango Earthquake damage at Mineyama Japan Kyoto Prefecture 1927-03-07 09:27:41 909128 iscgem909128 1927 03 07 18:27 7.0 w y 10 km mi 0 on 35.63 N 135.01 E inline, title Japan 6震度データベース検索 Search seismic intensity database https://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/eqdb/data/shindo/#19270307182739 Japan Meteorological Agency 25 May 2022 ja 11.3 m on 2,925–2,956 (killed) 7,806 (injured) 北丹後地震 The 1927 North Tango earthquake (ja 北丹後地震) occurred in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan on 7 March with a moment magnitude of 7.0, occurring as a result of the rupture of the Southern Gomura Fault Zone, which is part of the larger fault system called the Yamada Gomura Fault system (山田断層帯・郷村断層帯).山田断層帯・郷村断層帯 地震本部 https://www.jishin.go.jp/regional_seismicity/rs_katsudanso/rs_kat_yamada_gomura/ 2026-10-04 www.jishin.go.jp Up to 2,956 people were killed and 7,806 were injured. Almost all the houses in Mineyama (now part of Kyōtango) were destroyed as a result. The earthquake was felt as far away as Tokyo and Kagoshima.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1927_03_07.php https://web.archive.org/web/20090930233058/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1927_03_07.php dead 2009-09-30 Historic Earthquakes: Tango, Japan, 1927 March 07 09:27 UTC, Magnitude 7.6 United States Geological Survey 2009-05-19 Gallery See also List of earthquakes in 1927 List of earthquakes in Japan References ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ United States Geological Survey September 4, 2009 Version 2008_06.1 External links M7.0 – western Honshu, Japan – United States Geological Survey 909128 1927 Kita Tango 1927 Kita Tango earthquake Category:1920s tsunamis North Tango earthquake Category:Earthquakes of the Shōwa era North Tango earthquake