1946 Nankai earthquake
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Nankai megathrust | |
Areas affected | Japan |
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Tsunami | Yes |
Casualties | At least 1362 dead, 2600 injured and 100 missing [1] |
The 1946 Nankai earthquake (昭和南海地震
Geology
The Nankai Trough is a convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. Large earthquakes have been recorded along this zone since the 7th century, with a recurrence time of 100 to 200 years.[4]
Earthquake
The 1946 Nankaido earthquake was unusual in its seismological perspective, with a rupture zone estimated from long-period geodetic data that was more than twice as large as that derived from shorter period seismic data. In the center of this earthquake rupture zone, scientists used densely deployed ocean bottom
Casualties and damage
The earthquake caused extensive damage, destroying 36,000 homes in southern Honshū alone.[1] The earthquake also caused a huge tsunami that took out another 2,100 homes with its 5–6-metre (16–20-foot) waves.[1]
See also
References
- ^ USGS. 13 March 2008. Archived from the originalon 1 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- doi:10.1016/0031-9201(72)90082-9. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ PMID 10884221.
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.