What the records say
- When
- 2 Dec 1611
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 39.00° N, 144.50° E
- Deaths
- 5000
- Max water height m
- 25
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.1
- Runups
- 11
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1611 Sanriku earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami affecting Japan
The 1611 Sanriku earthquake occurred on December 2, 1611, with an epicenter off the Sanriku coast in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.1Ms. It triggered a devastating tsunami. A description of this event in an official diary from 1612 is probably the first recorded use of the term 'tsunami'.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page