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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.
In 2014, he published September: Echoes of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake Genocide on the Streets of Tokyo (九月、東京の路上で 1923年関東大震災ジェノサイドの残響, Kugatsu, Tōkyō no rojō de 1923-nen Kantōdaishinsai jenosaido no zankyō). [71] This book has also been translated into Esperanto. [72]
Most earthquakes in the state have been small or have produced minimal impacts. No earthquake-related fatalities have been reported in the state, though one earthquake in Texas caused a death in the neighboring Mexican state of Chihuahua in 1923. The earliest recorded earthquake in Texas occurred near Seguin and New Braunfels on February 13 ...
Victims of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake (2 P) Pages in category "1923 Great Kantō earthquake" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the Sagamihara area southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 1, 1923, just before noon triggered a widespread inferno in the region, causing most of the victims to ...
On September 1, 1923, the Great Kantō earthquake struck Tokyo and Yokohama and martial law was imposed in the aftermath of the earthquake. [2] On the evening of September 3, the Kameido police in Tokyo began arresting known social activists, suspecting that they would "spread disorder or forment revolution amid the confusion".
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On September 1, 1923, Tokyo and surrounding areas were devastated by a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake, with a death toll of over 100,000 people [1] from the disaster, including a large number of Koreans and socialists murdered by mobs. [2] [3]