- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 17, 1948 CE
- Location:
- near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
- Magnitude:
- 6.16 Mw
- Depth:
- 25 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.16
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.53
Other earthquake records of 1948 CE
- Turkmenistan, Ashkhabad · Mw 7.2 · 110,000 deaths
- Japan, Fukui · M 7.3 · 5,131 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 7.3 · 800 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 110 deaths
- Philippines, Panay, Iloilo City, Antique · Mw 7.8 · 74 deaths
- Greece, Vasiliki (Leukas) · Mw 6.5 · 7 deaths
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 6.2 - near the east coast of Honshu, Japan (1948 CE) happen?
- August 17, 1948 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.