What the records say
- When
- 3 Aug 1361
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.4
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 33.00° N, 135.00° E
- Deaths
- 660
- Houses destroyed
- 1700
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1361 Shōhei earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
The 1361 Shōhei earthquake was a major earthquake that occurred on 3 August 1361 in Japan. It is believed that this earthquake was one of the Nankai earthquakes. The magnitude was 8.4 Ms and it triggered a tsunami.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “(24th day of 6th month of Shōhei 16) The Shōhei earthquake, estimated centuries later as being at least 8.4 magnitude”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “正平地震”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page