1677 Bōsō earthquake

1677 Bōsō earthquake Japan yes 1677 11 04 20:00http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/index_eng.html Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2014) IISEE 4 January 2020 6 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100306180217/http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/index_eng.html dead 8.3–8.6 w y 35 141.5 region:XX_type:event inline,title Japan Trench Megathrust 4 Yes 569 The Bōsō Peninsula in Japan was struck by a major tsunami on 4 November 1677, caused by an earthquake at the southern end of the Japan Trench. It was felt onshore with only a maximum of 4 on the JMA intensity scale, but had an estimated magnitude of 8.3–8.6 w yes. The disparity between the maximum intensity and the magnitude estimated from the tsunami suggest that this was a tsunami earthquake. There no records of significant damage caused by the shaking, but the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and an estimated 569 people were killed.Yanagisawa H. Goto K. Sugawara D. Kanamaru K. Iwamoto N. Takamori Y. 2016 Tsunami earthquake can occur elsewhere along the Japan Trench—Historical and geological evidence for the 1677 earthquake and tsunami Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121 5 3504–3516 10.1002/2015JB012617 2016JGRB..121.3504Y free See also List of earthquakes in Japan List of historical earthquakes References Category:1670s earthquakes Category:1677 disasters Category:Tsunami earthquakes Category:Megathrust earthquakes in Japan Category:Tsunamis in Japan Category:1677 in Japan Category:Earthquakes of the Edo period