Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1954 Oomura Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, JAPAN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1954

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Oomura Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, JAPAN

🌍 JAPAN

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 13

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Body found in gut of 2000-lb white shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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