Contemporary era · 1948

1948 Fukui earthquake

The 1948 Fukui earthquake (福井地震, Fukui jishin) occurred in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck at 4:13:31 p.m.(JDT) on June 28, 1948. The quake's hypocenter was approximately 10 km north-northeast of Fukui, in the present-day neighborhood of Maruoka, Sakai City.

1948 Fukui earthquake
1948 Fukui earthquake · Bert Cohen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
28 Jun 1948
Where
Japan
Era
Contemporary

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