What the records say
- When
- 30 Dec 1703
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 34.70° N, 139.80° E
- Deaths
- 5233
- Houses destroyed
- 20162
- Max water height m
- 11.7
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.2
- Runups
- 48
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1703 Genroku earthquake
Earthquake near Edo in the Kantō region, Japan
The 1703 Genroku earthquake occurred at 02:00 local time on December 31. The epicenter was near Edo, the forerunner of present-day Tokyo, in the southern part of the Kantō region, Japan. An estimated 2,300 people were killed by the destruction and subsequent fires. The earthquake triggered a major tsunami which caused many additional casualties, giving a total death toll of at least 5,233, possibly up to 200,000.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page