What the records say
- When
- 28 Oct 1707
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 33.20° N, 134.80° E
- Deaths
- 5000
- Houses destroyed
- 77000
- Max water height m
- 25.7
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.4
- Runups
- 31
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1707 Hōei earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami off the southern coast of Japan
The 1707 Hōei earthquake struck south-central Japan at around 13:45 local time on 28 October 1707. It was the largest earthquake in Japanese history until it was surpassed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. It caused moderate-to-severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shikoku and southeastern Kyūshū. The earthquake, and the resulting destructive tsunami, caused more than 5,000 casualties.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page