What the records say
- When
- 23 Dec 1854
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 34.00° N, 137.90° E
- Deaths
- 1000
- Houses destroyed
- 8900
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1854 Tōkai earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan
The 1854 Tōkai earthquake was the first of the Ansei great earthquakes (1854–1855). It occurred at about 09:00 local time on 23 December 1854. It had a magnitude of 8.4 and caused a damaging tsunami. More than 10,000 buildings were destroyed and several thousand people were killed. It was the first of the three Ansei great earthquakes; the 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake of similar size hit southern Honshu the following…
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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