1936 Miyagi earthquake explained
| 1936 Miyagi earthquake |
| Timestamp: | 1936-11-02 20:45:57 |
| Isc-Event: | 903917 |
| Anss-Url: | iscgem903917 |
| Local-Time: | 05:45 |
| Magnitude: | 7.2 |
| Depth: | 61 km |
| Location: | 38.2°N 142.1°W |
| Countries Affected: | Japan |
| Tsunami: | Yes |
An earthquake occurred on November 3 at with a magnitude 7.2, or 7.4.[1] [2] The epicenter was located off the Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Four people were injured and buildings were damaged.[3] In Isobe (磯部) village, nowadays part of Sōma, Fukushima, a small market building collapsed.[4] A tsunami was recorded.[5]
This was one of the recurring interplate earthquakes at the offshore Miyagi with a recurrence interval of about 37 years.[6] Although not officially named by the Japanese Meteorological Agency, in Japanese, this earthquake is commonly known as 1936年宮城県沖地震 (Sen-kyūhyaku-sanjūroku-nen Miyagi-ken-oki Jishin) or 1936年金華山沖地震 (Sen-kyūhyaku-sanjūroku-nen Kinkasan-oki Jishin).[7]
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Notes and References
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- Web site: 第三次地震被害想定調査結果の概要 (Summary of the results of the third earthquake damage estimation survey) p. 10 . 2018-07-15 . 2018-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180715011517/http://www.hiroi.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-genzai_no_sigoto-jisin_joho-miyagi-bosai-taisaku-01.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . friuli-as.eng.hokudai.ac.jp . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327224225/http://friuli-as.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/HOKUSHINKEN/PROCEEDINGS/20021210/3.PDF . 27 March 2012 . dead.
- http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/0021/00008305 Report on the Field Investigation of the Earthquake of November 3, 1936
- Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225012327/http://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2261/12853/1/ji0573003.pdf . 2014-12-25 . dead . 2012-02-25 .
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120321072224/http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jepsjmo/cd-rom/2003cd-rom/pdf/s069/s069-p003.pdf Improvement on the Fault Model of Miyagi Earthquake for Hazard Maps
- Web site: Archived copy . www.bousai.go.jp . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050209011757/http://www.bousai.go.jp/jishin/nihonkaikou/2/1_P13_21a.pdf . 9 February 2005 . dead.
