The Great Kantō earthquake (関東大地震, Kantō dai-jishin, Kantō ō-jishin) also known in Japanese as Kantō daishinsai (関東大震災) [11] [12] struck the Kantō Plain on the main …

Aug 28, 2023 · The Great Kanto Earthquake, also called the Tokyo-Yokohama Earthquake, of 1923 caused an estimated death toll of more than 140,000 and made some 1.5 million people …

The date was September 1, 1923, and the event was the Great Kanto Earthquake, at the time considered the worst natural disaster ever to strike quake-prone Japan. The initial jolt was …

On September 1, 1923, the 7.9-magnitude Great Kantō Earthquake struck Yokohama and Tokyo, causing fires and tsunamis that left more than 100,000 people dead.

Nov 30, 2019 · The Great Kanto Earthquake, also sometimes called the Great Tokyo Earthquake, rocked Japan on Sept. 1, 1923. Although both were devastated, the city of Yokohama was hit …

Aug 31, 2023 · In 1923, at a time when a reinvented Japan had bloomed as a global power, a violent earthquake razed the country's bustling imperial capital and killed more than 100,000 …

5 days ago · The period that followed the Great Kanto Earthquake set the stage for further challenges in Japan’s relationship with its Korean subjects. By the late 1920s and 1930s, …

Oct 4, 2024 · The Great Kanto Earthquake struck Japan on September 1, 1923, with a magnitude of 7.9. This devastating event was caused by the movement of the Philippine Sea Plate …

Jan 14, 2025 · On September 1, 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Kanto region. The following day, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Gonbee Yamamoto was formed, and the Bureau …

Aug 5, 2023 · The Great Kantō Earthquake (関東大地震 Kantō daijishin) was a massive tremor that hit Tōkyō and the surrounding prefectures on 1 September 1923.