What the records say
- When
- 3 Feb 1605
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 33.50° N, 138.50° E
- Deaths
- 1001
- Houses destroyed
- 80
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.9
- Runups
- 7
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1605 Keichō earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
The 1605 Keichō earthquake occurred at about 20:00 local time on 3 February. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.9 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and triggered a devastating tsunami that resulted in thousands of deaths in the Nankai and Tōkai regions of Japan. It is uncertain whether there were two separate earthquakes separated by a short time interval or a single event.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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