What the records say
- When
- 14 Mar 1872
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 34.90° N, 132.00° E
- Deaths
- 804
- Injuries
- 200
- Houses destroyed
- 5796
- Max water height m
- 3
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.4
- Runups
- 12
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1872 Hamada earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
The 1872 Hamada earthquake was an earthquake that occurred on March 14, 1872, off the coast of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture in Japan. This quake occurred at 16:40 local time.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page