
1923 Great Kantō earthquake - Wikipedia
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 …
The Great Japan Earthquake of 1923 | Smithsonian
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...
Japan’s Great Kanto Earthquake kills over 140,000 - HISTORY
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 …
Tokyo-Yokohama earthquake of 1923 | Death Toll & Facts
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 …
The Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan, 1923 - ThoughtCo
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 …
The Great Kantō Earthquake Of 1923, Japan's Deadliest Disaster
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.
The Great Kantō earthquake: a 1923 disaster that left Tokyo in ruins
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 …
The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 - Brown University
The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 shocked the nation. The magnitude of its destruction was almost beyond imagining. Disaster struck at 11:58 on September 1st, 1923, just as families …
The Earthquake and Fires - The Great Kantō Earthquake.com
At two minutes to noon a magnitude approximate 7.9 earthquake toppled structures, crushed people, and unsettled everyone who survived. Minutes later, another intense seismic wave …
Welcome to the Great Kantō Earthquake.com
In less than three days, a magnitude approximate 7.9 earthquake and subsequent conflagrations reduced nearly half of Japan’s capital to a blackened, rubble-filled, corpse-strewn wasteland of …