What the records say
- When
- 24 Dec 1854
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 33.10° N, 135.00° E
- Deaths
- 3000
- Houses destroyed
- 20000
- Max water height m
- 28
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.4
- Runups
- 81
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1854 Nankai earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami in Japan
The 1854 Nankai earthquake occurred at about 16:00 local time on 24 December. It had a magnitude of 8.4 and caused a damaging tsunami. More than 30,000 buildings were destroyed and there were at least 3,000 casualties.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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