An earthquake occurred on November 3 at with a magnitude 7.2, or 7.4. The epicenter was located off the Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Four people were injured and buildings were damaged. In Isobe (磯é¨) village, nowadays part of Sà Âma, Fukushima, a small market building collapsed. A tsunami was recorded.
This was one of the recurring interplate earthquakes at the offshore Miyagi with a recurrence interval of about 37 years. Although not officially named by the Japanese Meteorological Agency, in Japanese, this earthquake is commonly known as 1936å¹´å®®åÂÂçÂÂæ²Âå°é (Sen-kyà «hyaku-sanjà «roku-nen Miyagi-ken-oki Jishin) or 1936å¹´éÂÂè¯山æ²Âå°é (Sen-kyà «hyaku-sanjà «roku-nen Kinkasan-oki Jishin).