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M8.0 earthquake near Ōiso, Kanagawa

37666 d ago · 1 Sept 1923, 02:58 UTC 5 km SSE of ?iso, Japan

What happened

A magnitude 8 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of ?iso, Japan on 1 Sept 1923, 02:58 UTC at a depth of 15 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Great. Can cause severe damage across hundreds of kilometres and may trigger tsunamis. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Ōiso, about 5 km away in Kanagawa, Japan.

Timeline

  1. First reported by USGS

    16 Oct 2026, 20:46 UTC

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