What the records say
- When
- 7 Dec 1944
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 34.00° N, 137.10° E
- Deaths
- 1223
- Injuries
- 2135
- Houses destroyed
- 29205
- Max water height m
- 10
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.1
- Runups
- 156
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1944 Tōnankai earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami affecting southern Japan
The 1944 Tōnankai earthquake occurred at 13:35 local time on 7 December. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of greater than 5 Shindo. It triggered a large tsunami that caused serious damage along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture and the Tōkai region. Together, the earthquake and tsunami caused 3,358 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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