1927 North Tango earthquake
Earthquake off the west coast of Japan
35°38′N 135°01′E / 35.63°N 135.01°E / 35.63; 135.01 [1]7,806 (injured) [3]
The 1927 North Tango earthquake (Japanese: 北丹後地震) occurred in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan on 7 March with a moment magnitude of 7.0. Up to 2,956 people were killed and 7,806 were injured. Almost all the houses in Mineyama (now part of Kyōtango) were destroyed as a result. The earthquake was felt as far away as Tokyo and Kagoshima.[4]
Gallery
- 1927 Kita-Tango earthquake damage at Yotsutsuji
- 1927 Kita-Tango earthquake damage
- 1927 Kita-Tango earthquake damage
- 1927 Kita-Tango earthquake damage
- 1927 Kita-Tango earthquake damage
See also
References
- ^ a b c ISC (2015), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 2.0, International Seismological Centre
- ^ "震度データベース検索" [Search seismic intensity database] (in Japanese). Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ a b c USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
- ^ "Historic Earthquakes: Tango, Japan, 1927 March 07 09:27 UTC, Magnitude 7.6". USGS. Archived from the original on 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
External links
- M7.0 - western Honshu, Japan – United States Geological Survey
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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Earthquakes in the 1920s
- Veracruz (6.4, Jan 3) †
- Gori (6.2, Feb 20) †
- Garfagnana (6.5, Sep 7) †
- Haiyuan (7.8, Dec 16) †‡
- Mendoza (6.0, Dec 17)
- Massawa (6.1, August 14)† ‡
- Sevier Valley (6.3/5.7/6.3, Sep 29/Oct 1)
- 1st Kamchatka (8.4, February 3)
- Renda (7.0, March 24)†
- 2nd Kamchatka (8.2, Apr 13)†
- Torbat-e Heydarieh (6.0, May 25)†
- Great Kantō (8.1, September 1)† ‡
- Charlevoix–Kamouraska (6.2, Feb 28)
- Dali (7.0, Mar 16) †‡
- Montana (6.9, June 27)
- Santa Barbara (6.8, June 29)
- Chirpan–Plovdiv (7.1/7.1, Apr 14/Apr 18) †
- Chachapoyas (7.2, May 14)
- Talca (7.6, Dec 1) †‡
- Cumaná (6.9, Jan 17) †
- Arthur's Pass (7.1, Mar 9)
- Kopet Dag (7.2, May 1) †‡
- Suşehri (6.3, May 18) †
- Murchison (7.8, June 17)
- Grand Banks (7.2, Nov 18)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year