1994 Sanriku-Harukaoki Earthquake, Japan

So-called "Hachinohe Earthquake", "Sanriku Far off the Coast earthquake"

Earthquake data from USGS

Date & Time(UTC) : Dec.28, 12:19:24
Epicenter : N 40.451° E 143.491° Depth = 33km
Maginitude : Mw 7.7
Comments : Two people were killed, more than 200 injured and damage (VI JMA) in the Hachinohe area. Felt (V JMA) at Aomori, Morioka and Mutsu; (IV JMA) at Miyako and Ofunato; (III JMA) at Sendai. Also felt (IV JMA) at Hakodate, Obihiro, Tomakomai and Urakawa; (III JMA) at Sapporo, Hokkaido. Felt as far away as Tokyo. Local tsunami generated with maximum wave heights (peak-to-trough) recorded at the following selected tide stations: 110 cm. at Miyako, 88 cm. at Hachinohe, 54 cm. at Ofunato, 10 cm. at Choshi, Honshu; 48 cm. at Urakawa, 36 cm. at Hakodate and Kushiro, Hokkaido.

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M.Yoshimine
Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Civil Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 197-0397, JAPAN
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