1936 Miyagi earthquake

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1936 Miyagi earthquake

Date	November 3, 1936 (November 2, 1936 UTC)
Magnitude	7.2 M_s
Depth	61 km
Epicenter	38°12′N 142°06′E / 38.2°N 142.1°E / 38.2; 142.1
Countries or regions	Japan

The 1936 Miyagi earthquake occurred on November 2, 1936 at 20:45 UTC (November 3, 1936 at 05:45 local time). The earthquake had a magnitude M_s 7.2, or M_jma 7.4,^[1]^[2] with the epicenter located off the Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. 4 people were injured. Building damage was reported.^[3] In Isobe (磯部) village, nowadays part of Sōma, Fukushima, a small market building collapsed.^[4] A tsunami triggered by the earthquake was recorded.^[5]

This earthquake was an interplate earthquake. It is one of the recurring interplate earthquakes at the offshore Miyagi with a period 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]

References

v t e Japan Trench megathrust earthquakes

Notable Japan Trench megathrust quakes	869 Sanriku earthquake 1611 Sanriku earthquake 1896 Sanriku earthquake 1936 Miyagi earthquake 1968 Tokachi earthquake 1978 Miyagi earthquake 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake 2005 Miyagi earthquake 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Plate tectonics	Japan Trench Okhotsk Plate Pacific Plate megathrust earthquake Seismicity of the Sanriku coast Tsunami

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