What the records say
- When
- 11 Nov 1855
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 35.65° N, 139.80° E
- Deaths
- 6757
- Houses destroyed
- 50000
- Source quake magnitude
- 7
- Runups
- 2
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1855 Edo earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
The 1855 Edo earthquake was the third Ansei Great Earthquake, which occurred during the late-Edo period. It occurred after the 1854 Nankai earthquake, which took place about a year prior. The earthquake occurred at 22:00 local time on 11 November.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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