- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 8, 1906 CE
- Location:
- 132 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan
- Magnitude:
- 6.61 Mw
- Depth:
- 35 km
Other earthquake records of 1906 CE
- Chile, South Central · Mw 8.2 · 4,000 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.8 · 1,258 deaths
- Ecuador, Off Coast · Mw 8.8 · 1,000 deaths
- California, San Francisco · Mw 7.9 · 700 deaths
- China, Xinjiang Province · Ms 8.3 · 280 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.5 · 15 deaths
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- VooruitApril 8, 1906open in archive ↗
- Daily ColonistApril 7, 1906open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesApril 5, 1906open in archive ↗
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.6 - 132 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan (1906 CE) happen?
- April 8, 1906 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.