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 Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923.

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 homeless, though reported...

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 followed...

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 even worse than Tokyo. The quake's magnitude is estimated at 7.9 to 8.2 on the Richter scale, and its epicenter was in the shallow waters of Sagami Bay, about 25 miles south of ...

Sep 1, 2023 · The Great Kantō earthquake struck the Kanto Plain on the Japanese main island of Honshu at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, Sept. 1, 1923. Varied accounts say the duration of the earthquake lasted between four and 10 minutes.

Tokyo-Yokohama earthquake of 1923, earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area near noon on September 1, 1923. The death toll from the temblor was estimated to have exceeded 140,000. More than …

5 days ago · The quake may have been the catalyst, but the social conditions that turned Koreans into targets were already deeply embedded in Japan’s colonial hierarchy. When remembering the Great Kanto Earthquake, it is vital not to allow the enormity of the disaster to overshadow the killings of Koreans that took place in its immediate aftermath.

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. The Japanese term Kantō daishinsai (関東大震災) also refers to the damage that ensued in the following days.

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 people. Christopher Harding explores the events and aftermath of the disaster – and its pivotal cultural and physical legacy.

Utilizing a rich array of vivid source material, this website introduces key aspects of Tokyo’s destruction, the tragedies and hardships suffered by so many of its inhabitants in the aftermath, and the eventual reconstruction of Japan’s imperial capital.