1939 Oga earthquake

男鹿地震
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UTC  time	1939-05-01 05:58:30
ISC  event	901919
	901923
USGS- ANSS	ComCat
	ComCat
Local date	May 1, 1939
Local time	14:58 ( JST )
Magnitude	M JMA 6.8 [1] M w 7.0
Epicenter	39°54′N 139°42′E  /  39.9°N 139.7°E  / 39.9; 139.7 [2]
Casualties	27 dead, 52 injured [3] [4]

The 1939 Oga earthquake ( Japanese : 男鹿地震 ) struck Akita Prefecture , Japan on May 1, 1939. This event was a doublet earthquake , in which the mainshock occurred at 14:58 ( JST ), M _JMA 6.8 ( M _w 7.0), and an aftershock at 15:00 ( JST ), M _JMA   6.7 ( M _w 6.5). ^{[5] [6] [7]} The earthquake left 27 people dead and 52 people injured, and 479 homes were destroyed.

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• "男鹿地震" (in Japanese). 秋田地方?象台. 2019-05-03. Archived from the original on 2019-05-03.

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