1939 Oga earthquake

1939 Oga earthquake
男鹿地震
	Location within Tohoku, Japan Location within Akita Prefecture
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	MJMA 6.8; Mw 7.0;
Epicenter	39.9°N 139.7°E
Casualties	27 dead, 52 injured

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
Location within Tohoku, Japan Show map of Tohoku, Japan Location within Akita Prefecture Show map of Akita Prefecture
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	39.9°N 139.7°E / 39.9; 139.7^[2]
Casualties	27 dead, 52 injured^[3]^[4]