What the records say
- When
- 24 Apr 1771
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 24.00° N, 124.30° E
- Deaths
- 13486
- Houses destroyed
- 3237
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami
1771 earthquake and tsunami in Japan
The 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami was caused by the Yaeyama Great Earthquake at about 8 A.M. on April 24, 1771, south-southeast of Ishigaki Island, part of the former Ryūkyū Kingdom and now part of present-day Okinawa, Japan. According to records, 8,439 people were killed on Ishigaki Island and 2,548 on Miyako Island.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page