The 1978 Miyagi earthquake (1978年宮城県沖地震 1978 nen Miyagi-ken-oki jishin) occurred at 17:14 local time (08:14 UTC) on 12 June. It had a magnitude of 7.7,[1] JMA magnitude 7.4,[2] and triggered a small tsunami. The earthquake reached a maximum intensity of Shindo 5 in Sendai and caused 28 deaths and 1,325 injuries.