1939 Oga earthquake explained

Location:	^[1]
Local-Date:	May 1, 1939
Native Name:	男鹿地震
Magnitude:	6.8^[2] 7.0
Timestamp:	1939-05-01 05:58:30
Anss-Url:	iscgem901919
Anss-Url-A:	iscgem901923
Isc-Event:	901919
Isc-Event-A:	901923
Casualties:	27 dead, 52 injured^[3] ^[4]
Local-Time:	14:58 (JST)
Native Name Lang:	ja

The 1939 Oga earthquake struck Akita Prefecture, Japan on May 1, 1939. This event was a doublet earthquake, in which the mainshock occurred at 14:58 (JST), 6.8 (7.0), and an aftershock at 15:00 (JST), 6.7 (6.5).^{[5] [6] [7]} The earthquake left 27 people dead and 52 people injured, and 479 homes were destroyed.

External links

• Web site: 2019-05-03. 男鹿地震. live. 秋田地方気象台. https://web.archive.org/web/20190503005652/https://www.jma-net.go.jp/akita/jishin/oga.htm. 2019-05-03. ja.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 男鹿地震 (秋田地方気象台). 2019-05-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20190503005652/https://www.jma-net.go.jp/akita/jishin/oga.htm. 2019-05-03.
2. Web site: 教えて！なまず先生！～秋田県に被害を及ぼした歴史地震～（25.4.12）｜国立大学法人 秋田大学. 2021-06-02. 2021-06-15. 2021-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214344/https://www.akita-u.ac.jp/honbu/social/column/item.cgi?column4&13. dead.
3. https://kotobank.jp/word/男鹿地震-1743441 男鹿地震
4. https://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/calendar/205/ 男鹿地震
5. [Akitsune Imamura|今村明恒]
6. Web site: 震度データベース検索 (14:58). live. 2021-06-15. www.data.jma.go.jp. https://web.archive.org/web/20140318191234/http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/eqdb/data/shindo/ . 2014-03-18 .
7. Web site: 震度データベース検索 (15:00). live. 2021-06-15. www.data.jma.go.jp. https://web.archive.org/web/20140318191234/http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/eqdb/data/shindo/ . 2014-03-18 .