02/17/1793 | 1793 Miyagi Earthquake

Description

As described by Namegaya et al. (2004), the earthquake affected the whole Miyagi prefecture and parts of Iwate and Fukushima. Tsunami run-up reached 5.9m in Kamaishi City.

Events in the same region
Date Title Region Preferred Magnitude Quality*
0869 Jul 09th 869 Jogan Earthquake Honshu 8.8 C
1454 1454 Honshu Earthquake Honshu 8.4 C
1677 Nov 04th 1677 Kanto Earthquake Honshu 8.4 C
1793 Feb 17th, 14:53 1793 Miyagi Earthquake Honshu 8.2 B
2011 Mar 11th, 06:46 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Honshu 9.1 A
References
  • GHEA (GHEC v1.0) -Albini P., Musson R.M.W., Rovida A., Locati M., Gomez Capera A.A., and Viganò D. (2014). The Global Earthquake History. Earthquake Spectra, May 2014, Vol.30, No.2, pp. 607-624. http://doi.org/10.1193/122013EQS297 - Link
  • Namegaya et al. (2004) -Namegaya, Y., Tsuji, Y., & Ueda, K. Estimation of fault model of the 1793 Miyagiken-Toho-Oki Earthquake by distributions of seismic intensities and tsunami heights. - Link
Event Characteristics
Preferred Magnitude 8.20 (7.10-8.20)
Epicenter 38.500°N, 144.500°E
Depth unknown
Tsunami yes
Paleo-Event no
Quality of Evidence B
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Magnitude Range
Year Reference Magnitude
2014 GHEA (GHEC v1.0) 8.2 (7.1-8.2)

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