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1952 Tokachi earthquake

Field	Value
timestamp	1952-03-04 01:22:41
isc-event	892540
anss-url	iscgem892540
local-date
local-time	10:22:41
map2	{{Location map	Japan Hokkaido
lat	41.8
long	144.13
mark	Bullseye1.png
marksize	35
position	top
width	250
float	center
relief	yes}}
magnitude	8.1
depth	45 km
location
countries affected	Japan
tsunami	Yes
casualties	33 dead, 287 injured
image	[[File:1952 Tokachioki Earthquake.JPG	250px]]

| isc-event = 892540 | anss-url = iscgem892540 | local-date = | local-time = 10:22:41 The 1952 Tokachi earthquake (), occurred at 10:22:41 local time on 4 March in the sea near Tokachi District, Hokkaidō, Japan. It had a magnitude of 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale.

Damage

There was earthquake and tsunami damage in an area ranging from Hokkaido to the northern part of the Tohoku region. As a result, 28 people were killed, five were missing, and 287 were injured. In addition, 815 houses were completely destroyed, 1324 half-damaged, and 6395 partially damaged. Ninety-one houses were swept away, 328 suffered flooding, 20 were lost to fire, and 1621 became uninhabitable. Furthermore, 451 ships were damaged.

In Hamanaka, in the Akkeshi District, Hokkaidō, a tsunami destroyed numerous homes. It is thought that drift ice was pushed up by the tsunami and exacerbated the damage. Eight years later, this area was devastated by the tsunami caused by the 1960 Chile earthquake, killing 11 people.

Akkeshi Bay saw the highest tsunami surge, of 6.5 m, with Hachinohe in Aomori also seeing a 2 m wave. This was the first large tsunami after the inception of Japan's tsunami warning system. The previous day, March 3, was the anniversary of the 1933 Sanriku earthquake, and the large number of training and evacuation drills held that day bolstered the response to the real disaster on March 4.

Notes

References

"Significant Earthquake". [[National Geophysical Data Center]].
Utsu, T.. (2004). "Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2010)". IISEE.
(2012-10-02). "Earthquake History for March 4th". Today in Earthquake History.
"Tsunami Event". [[National Geophysical Data Center]].

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