What the records say
- When
- 1 Sep 1923
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 35.10° N, 139.50° E
- Deaths
- 105385
- Injuries
- 52074
- Damage musd
- 600
- Houses destroyed
- 695000
- Max water height m
- 13
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.9
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Great Kantō Earthquake
1923 megathrust earthquake in Japan
The Great Kantō Earthquake was a megathrust earthquake that struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu at 11:58:32 JST on Saturday, 1 September 1923. It had an approximate magnitude of 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its epicenter located some 100 km (62 mi) southwest of the capital Tokyo.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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