What the records say
- When
- 18 Jan 1586
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 35.00° N, 136.80° E
- Deaths
- 8000
- Houses destroyed
- 10000
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
4 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.9 magnitude Tenshō earthquake strikes the Chubu region of Japan, triggering a tsunami and causing at least 8,000 deaths”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Japón se registra un terremoto de 7,9 que provoca un tsunami y deja 8000 muertos y más de hogares dañados”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “天正地震。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page