What the records say
- When
- 15 Jun 1896
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 39.50° N, 144.00° E
- Deaths
- 27122
- Injuries
- 13247
- Houses destroyed
- 11000
- Max water height m
- 38.2
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.3
- Runups
- 75
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1896 Sanriku earthquake
Tsunami earthquake in Honshu, Japan
An 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 on June 15, 1896, on the Sanriku coast in Honshu, Japan. It resulted in two tsunami waves which destroyed about 9,000 homes and caused at least 22,000 deaths. It was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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