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1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake

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1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake


1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake is located in Japan

The 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake (Japanese: 1994年三陸はるか沖地震 Senkyūhyakukyūjūyo-nen Sanriku-haruka-oki Jishin) occurred on December 28, 1994 at 12:19 UTC (21:19 local time). This was a magnitude Mw 7.7 earthquake with epicenter located in the Pacific Ocean at about 180 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori (haruka-oki means "far offshore").[2] Three people were reported dead and more than 200 injured;[3] 48 houses were completely destroyed. Road damage and power outages were reported. Liquefaction occurred in the Hachinohe Port area.[4] The intensity reached shindo 6 in Hachinohe, Aomori, about 187.6 km from epicenter. It could be felt in Tokyo, about 632.9 km from epicenter, with shindo 2.[5] The Japanese Meteorological Agency put the magnitude at Mjma 7.5.[6] Slip associated with this earthquake continued for more than a year and it has been termed an 'ultra-slow earthquake'.[7]

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