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  2. 1923 Great Kantō earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The Great Kanto Earthquake Massacre Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine – OhmyNews; The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event. 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake – Fire Tornado – Video | Check123 – Video encyclopedia

  3. Nebukawa Station accident - Wikipedia

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    During the Great Kantō earthquake, at two minutes before noon on September 1, 1923, the local train of the Atami-Odawara Line was travelling south towards Manazuru and was stopped at Nebukawa Station. The earthquake caused a mudslide, which covered the station, sweeping the station building, platforms, and train into the ocean, 45 meters down ...

  4. Kantō Massacre - Wikipedia

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    The second is the 1986 film The Disposed-of Koreans: The Great Kanto Earthquake and Camp Narashino (払い下げられた朝鮮人: 関東大震災と習志野収容所, Haraisagerareta Chōsenjin: Kantō Daishinsai to Narashino shūyōjo). [59] [60] [61]

  5. Japan marks 100 years since the devastating Great Kanto ... - AOL

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    The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the Sagamihara area southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 1, 1923, just before noon triggered a widespread inferno in the region, causing most of the victims to ...

  6. September 1923 - Wikipedia

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    September 1, 1923: Earthquake kills over 100,000 people in Japan, leaves two million homeless September 8, 1923: Seven U.S. Navy destroyers wrecked during exercises September 14, 1923: Champion Dempsey knocked out of the ring by challenger Firpo

  7. How Japan spent more than a century earthquake-proofing its ...

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    Tokyo was left in ruins following the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. - Hulton Deutsch/Corbis/Getty Images. The piecemeal evolution of building regulations continued through the 20th century. But ...

  8. Disaster Prevention Day - Wikipedia

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    On September 1, 1923, Tokyo and surrounding areas were devastated by a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake, with a death toll of over 100,000 people [1] from the disaster, including a large number of Koreans and socialists murdered by mobs. [2] [3]

  9. Fire whirl - Wikipedia

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    There is evidence suggesting that the fire whirl in the Hifukusho-ato area, during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, was of type 3. [15] Other mechanism and fire whirl dynamics may exist. [16] A broader classification of fire whirls suggested by Forman A. Williams includes five different categories: [17] Whirls generated by fuel distribution in ...