What the records say
- When
- 27 May 1293
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 35.20° N, 139.40° E
- Deaths
- 23024
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1293 Kamakura earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami in Japan
The 1293 Kamakura earthquake in Japan occurred at about 06:00 local time on 27 May 1293. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.1–7.5 and triggered a tsunami. The estimated death toll was 23,024. It occurred during the Kamakura period, and the city of Kamakura was seriously damaged.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Kamakura (Japón), un terremoto de 7,5 deja un saldo de 23.000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page