1914 Senboku earthquake

The 1914 Senboku earthquake (Japanese: 1914年秋田仙北地震) occurred on March 15, 1914 at 04:59 or 05:00 local time (or March 14 at 20:00 UTC) according to various sources in northern Japan.[1][2][3] The earthquake had a magnitude of M_s 7.0.[1]

1914 Senboku earthquake

UTC time	1914-03-14 20:00:00
ISC event	913972
USGS-ANSS	n/a
Local date	March 15, 1914 (1914-03-15)
Local time	05:00 [1]
Magnitude	Ms 7.0 [1]
Depth	5 km [1]
Epicenter	39.50°N 140.40°E / 39.50; 140.40 [1]
Areas affected	Japan
Casualties	94 dead, 324 injured

The epicenter was in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Ninety-four people died and 324 were injured.[4] Senboku District (Japanese: 仙北郡) was seriously affected. The earthquake caused liquefaction.[5] Explosions simultaneous with the earthquake were reported in Mount Asama.[6]

References

1. Engdahl, E. R.; Vallaseñor, A. (2002). "Global seismicity: 1900–1999" (PDF). International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology. Part A, Volume 81A (First ed.). Academic Press. p. 673. ISBN 978-0-12-440652-0.
2. Utsu, T. R. (2002), "A List of Deadly Earthquakes in the World: 1500–2000", International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology, Part A, Volume 81A (First ed.), Academic Press, p. 703, ISBN 978-0124406520
3. The Geology of Japan by T. Moreno, S.R. Wallis, T. Kojima, W. Gibbons, p. 374
4. http://www.histeq.jp/kaishi_28/HE28_152_152_Mizuta.pdf
5. http://www.histeq.jp/kaishi_25/HE25_001_027_Takemura.pdf
6. The Herald Democrat, March 16, 1914

External links

• The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.

Further reading

• Mizuta, Toshihiko; Kagami, Hiroshi (2009), "Literature Survey on Damage Distribution Due to Akita Senboku (Kowakubi) Earthquake of March 15, 1914", AIJ Journal of Technology and Design, 15 (29): 325, doi:10.3130/aijt.15.325