4-2 Examples of destructive earthquakes in the Tohoku region

In this section, we will discuss several earthquakes that occurred near the boundary of the Pacific Plate. These include the 1896 Meiji Sanriku Earthquake and 1933 Sanriku Earthquake, the 1968 Earthquake off the Coast of Tokachi that occurred east of Aomori Prefecture near Hokkaido and caused extensive damage, the 1978 Earthquake off the Coast of Miyagi Prefecture that caused destruction in urban areas, and the recent 1994 Earthquake far off the Coast of Sanriku. We will also discuss the 1896 Rikuu Earthquake as an example of one occurring in a shallow location on land, and the 1983 Central Sea of Japan Earthquake as one occurring in the eastern margin of the Sea of Japan.