- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 9, 1901 CE
- Location:
- Japan, Off Northeast Coast Honshu
- Magnitude:
- 7.9 Ms
- Depth:
- 33 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 8.2
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.5
Other earthquake records of 1901 CE
- Japan, Off Northeast Coast Honshu · Ms 8.2 · 18 deaths
- Bulgaria, Balchik · Ms 7.2 · 4 deaths
- Bulgaria, Balchik, Kavarna, Blatnitsa, Limanu · Ms 6.4 · 4 deaths
- New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands · Mw 7.9
- Japan, Ryukyu Islands · M 7.9
- Russia, Kuril Islands · M 7.5
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1901 CE Earthquake — Japan, Off Northeast Coast Honshu happen?
- August 9, 1901 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.