1936 Miyagi earthquake
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 (磯部) village, nowadays part of Sōma, 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 1936年宮城県沖地震 (Sen-kyūhyaku-sanjūroku-nen Miyagi-ken-oki Jishin) or 1936年金華山沖地震 (Sen-kyūhyaku-sanjūroku-nen Kinkasan-oki Jishin). See also
 List of earthquakes in 1936
 List of earthquakes in Japan

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Miyagi Earthquake, 1936
1936 in Japan
November 1936 events
Earthquakes of the Showa period