High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake (Japanese: 1994????????? Senkyuhyakukyujuyo-nen Sanriku-haruka-oki Jishin) occurred on December 28, 1994 at 12:19 UTC (21:19 local time). This was a magnitude Mw 7.7 earthquake with epicenter located in the Pacific Ocean at about 180 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori (haruka-oki means "far offshore"). Three people were reported dead and more than 200 injured. 48 houses were completely destroyed. Road damage and power outages were reported. Liquefaction occurred in the Hachinohe Port area. The intensity reached shindo 6 in Hachinohe, Aomori, about 187.6 km from epicenter. It could be felt in Tokyo, about 632.9 km from epicenter, with shindo 2. The Japanese Meteorological Agency put the magnitude at Mjma 7.5. Slip associated with this earthquake continued for more than a year and it has been termed an 'ultra-slow earthquake'. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе...