A high tensile strength steel plate having a chemical composition comprising, in percent by mass, 0.03% to 0.12% of C, 0.01% to 0.30% of Si, 0.5% to 1.58% of Mn, 0.008% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.015% to 0.06% of Al, 0.011% to 0.05% of Nb, 0.005% to 0.02% of Ti, 0.001% to 0.0044% of N, 0.0005% to 0.003% of Ca, in which Ceq specified by formula (1) below is 0.44 or less, TI/N is 1.5 to 3.5, and formulas (2) and (3) below are satisfied, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the hardness of a center segregation area of the steel plate satisfies formula (4) below:
- Ceq=[C]+[Mn]/6+([Cu]+[Ni])/15+([Cr]+[Mo]+[V])/5 (1)
- 0<{[Ca]−(0.18+130×[Ca])x[O]}/1.25/[S]<1 (2)
- 5.5[C]4/3+15[P]+0.90[Mn]+0.12[Ni]+7.9[Nb]1/2+0.53[Mo]≦2.90 (3)
- where [M] is the content of element M (percent by mass)
- HVmax/HVave≦1.35+0.006/[C]−t/500 (4)
- where HVmax is the maximum value of Vickers hardness of the center segregation area, HVave is the average value of Vickers hardness of a portion of the steel plate excluding a region extending from the front surface to ¼ of the plate thickness, a region extending from the back surface to ¼ of the plate thickness, and the center segregation area, [C] is the C content (percent by mass), and t is the thickness (mm) of the steel plate.