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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.
1923 Great Kantō earthquake: Earthquake and Tsunami: 1 Sep 1923: Kantō Plains, Honshu: Deadliest disaster in Japanese history. The Japanese government report in 1927 put the number of victims at 140,000; this was adjusted downwards to 105,385 deaths in 2006. 21,959 (Official) 1896 Sanriku earthquake: Earthquake and Tsunami: 15 June 1896
June 15 – Sanriku earthquake: One of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 (local time), approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi) off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Honshu. It resulted in two tsunamis which destroyed about 9,000 homes and caused at least 22,000 deaths.
The 1896 Sanriku earthquake was a typical tsunami earthquake. Part of ... On 15 June 1896 the Sanriku coast was struck by a devastating tsunami with a maximum wave ...
June 15, 1896: 8.5 M L: 22,000+ [37] 1896 Sanriku earthquake: 明治三陸地震: Meiji Sanriku Jishin This quake occurred off the coast of Sanriku in Iwate Prefecture, which caused a tsunami of 25 m (82 ft) to strike 35 minutes after the quake, destroying hundreds of houses and killed over 22,000 people. Tsunami were also observed as far away ...
The 1896 Sanriku earthquake struck on June 15 at 7:32 pm while families were celebrating Boy's Festival on the beach. The earthquake measured magnitude 8.5 while the tsunami on the Iwate coast reached as high as 24 meters in places – the highest ever recorded in Japan at the time. The city of Kamaishi was completely destroyed.
1896: Sanriku, Japan: 1896 Sanriku earthquake: Earthquake: On 15 June 1896, at around 19:32 local time, a large undersea earthquake off the coast of Sanriku, northeastern Honshu, Japan, triggered tsunami waves that hit the shore approximately half an hour later. Although the earthquake itself is not believed to have caused any deaths, the waves ...
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early ... 1896 Sanriku earthquake: 39.5 144 22,000+ 8.0–8.1 (approx ...