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Taisho Kanto Earthquake: A Look at Japan’s History of Earthquakes and Disaster Prevention

2023/09/01 06:50 Weather news

Today is Disaster Prevention Day. Exactly 100 years ago, on September 1, 1923 (Taisho 12), at 11:58, a M7.9 earthquake occurred with its epicenter in western Kanagawa Prefecture. It is the “Taisho Kanto Earthquake” that caused the Great Kanto Earthquake.

It caused devastating shaking with a maximum seismic intensity of 6 in Otemachi, Tokyo, and a wide area of ​​the metropolitan area, and more than 105,000 people died or went missing. A large number of fires occurred because it overlapped with lunch time, and it is said that 90% of the dead died due to the fire.

*Earthquake elements are from the Japan Meteorological Agency, and damage statistics are from Rika Chronology. At that time, there were seven levels of seismic intensity from 0 to 6.

“Earthquake” while being a “subduction zone earthquake”

Two types of “Tokyo Inland Earthquake”

Great Kanto Earthquake Burnt ruins in front of Tokyo Station, toward Nihonbashi

We can’t let our guard down outside the metropolitan area

Including earthquakes with a seismic intensity of less than 1, it can be said that there is no area where earthquakes do not occur.

2023-08-31 21:50:00
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