1984 Otaki earthquake

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Japan, 〒397-0201 Nagano-ken, Kiso-gun, Ōtaki-mura, (Sonota) 県道486号線

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N35° 47' 24" E137° 29' 24"   (35.79, 137.49) Start navigation »

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The 1984 Otaki earthquake hit Nagano Prefecture, Japan on September 14, 1984 at 08:48 local time (September 13, 1984 at 23:48 UTC). Registering a magnitude of Ms 6.3, the earthquake destroyed Otaki (Japanese: 王滝(おうたき)), and elicited landslides. The earthquake left at least 29 people dead or missing, making it the deadliest earthquake in 1984.

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