- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 11, 1964 CE
- Location:
- Nw. Honshu Island, Japan
- Depth:
- 40 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.63
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.44
Other earthquake records of 1964 CE
- Alaska · Mw 9.2 · 139 deaths
- Taiwan, Tainan · Ms 7 · 107 deaths
- Mexico, Guerrero · Mw 7.3 · 78 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: W Coast · Mw 7.6 · 36 deaths
- Turkey, Manyas, Bursa, Balikesir · Mw 6.8 · 19 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Pinrang · Ms 5.2 · 8 deaths
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 1964 CE Earthquake — Nw. Honshu Island, Japan happen?
- December 11, 1964 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.