1941 Hyūga-nada earthquake

Earthquake in Japan
32°07′44″N 131°56′38″E / 32.129°N 131.944°E / 32.129; 131.944[1]Areas affectedJapanMax. intensityJMA 5Casualties2 dead

The 1941 Hyūga-nada earthquake occurred off the coast of Kyushu, Japan at 19:02 local time on November 19. The earthquake measured 8.0 Mw  and had a depth of 35 km (22 mi). A JMA seismic intensity of 5 was observed in Miyazaki City and Nobeoka City in Miyazaki Prefecture, and Hitoyoshi City in Kumamoto Prefecture.[2] Due to the earthquake, a tsunami with a maximum wave height of 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) was observed in Kyushu and Shikoku. The tsunami washed away many ships.[3] Twenty-seven homes were destroyed and two people were killed. In Miyazaki, Ōita and Kagoshima prefectures, telephone services were disrupted. Subsidence by 8 cm (3.1 in) was recorded at Hyūga, Miyazaki. At Nobeoka, stone walls and embankments were damaged while roads cracked.[4] It was felt as far as central Honshu.[5]

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References

  1. ^ ISC (27 June 2022), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1904–2018), Version 9.1, International Seismological Centre
  2. ^ "Seismic intensity database search". data.jma.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS), NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7
  4. ^ "日向灘" [Hyuga Nada] (in Japanese). Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
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