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Sanriku earthquake (Japanese: 三陸沖地震) may refer to: 869 Sanriku earthquake; 1611 Sanriku earthquake; 1896 Sanriku earthquake; 1933 Sanriku earthquake; 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake; 2012 Sanriku earthquake
Sanriku in this context is a name roughly corresponding to the Pacific front northeastern coastal area of Honshu island. The Japanese history text, Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku which was compiled in 901, recorded the 869 earthquake and tsunami of Mutsu Province. [7]
In March 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the Sanriku coast, setting off a 10 metres (33 feet) tsunami. The 9.0-magnitude quake near Tohoku was comparable in scale to undersea seismic events near Indonesia in 2004 (3rd largest on record) and near Chile in 2010 (6th largest). [ 13 ]
684 Hakuhō earthquake: 13 July 869 AD Sanriku, Japan: 1,000 9.0 Major tsunami. Several hundred villages destroyed. 869 Jōgan earthquake: 26 August 887 AD Nankaido, Japan: Unknown 8.6 Major tsunami recorded in Osaka Bay. Landslides reported. Tōkai earthquakes: 11 December 1096 AD Nankaido, Japan: Unknown 8.4
The 1896 Sanriku earthquake (明治三陸地震, Meiji Sanriku Jishin) was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. [3] The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 (local time) on June 15, 1896, approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi) off the coast of Iwate Prefecture , Honshu .
July 9 – The 869 Sanriku earthquake and associated tsunami devastate a large part of the Sanriku coast on the northeastern side of the island of Honshu. The first Gion Festival is held in order to combat an epidemic thought to be caused by an angry deity. [4]
0–9. 869 Jōgan earthquake; 1498 Meiō earthquake; 1611 Sanriku earthquake; 1662 Hyūga-nada earthquake; 1677 Bōsō earthquake; 1703 Genroku earthquake
Support - This earthquake is known as "Jogan earthquake" or "Jogan Sanriku earthquake". And I recommend "869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake" (or "869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake and tsunami") because "Jogan" is meaningfully commoner then "Jōgan" in the English sources of the earthquake such as thesis, books and presses.--