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  2. 1923 Great Kantō earthquake - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Kantō Massacre - Wikipedia

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    The second is the 1986 film The Disposed-of Koreans: The Great Kanto Earthquake and Camp Narashino (払い下げられた朝鮮人: 関東大震災と習志野収容所, Haraisagerareta Chōsenjin: Kantō Daishinsai to Narashino shūyōjo). [69] [70] [71]

  4. List of earthquakes in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami (also called 明和の大津波, the Great Tsunami of Meiwa) was caused by the Yaeyama Great Earthquake at about 8 A.M. on April 24. 13,486 people (including 9,313 in Yaeyama Islands (8,815 in Ishigaki Island), 2,548 in Miyako Islands and 1,625 in other areas) were confirmed to be dead or missing and more than ...

  5. Disaster Prevention Day - Wikipedia

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    This day commemorates the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and is a day on ... 1923, Tokyo and surrounding areas were devastated by a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake, ...

  6. Japan marks 100 years since the devastating Great Kanto ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  7. Nebukawa Station accident - Wikipedia

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    During the Great Kantō earthquake, at two minutes before noon on September 1, 1923, the local train of the Atami-Odawara Line was travelling south towards Manazuru and was stopped at Nebukawa Station. The earthquake caused a mudslide, which covered the station, sweeping the station building, platforms, and train into the ocean, 45 meters down ...

  8. Category:1923 Great Kantō earthquake - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. How Japan spent more than a century earthquake-proofing its ...

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    Tokyo was left in ruins following the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. - Hulton Deutsch/Corbis/Getty Images. The piecemeal evolution of building regulations continued through the 20th century. But ...