1751 Takada earthquake

Earthquake in Japan yes 1751 Takada earthquake intensity.png Seismic intensity map 1751 05 21 M 7.0–7.4 37.2 138.1 region:CN_type:event inline,title Intraplate Japan Yes 2,100 dead The 1751 Takada earthquake struck central Japan's Joetsu City in present-day Niigata Prefecture on 21 May at 02:00 local time.Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1315 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.0–7.4 killed an estimated 2,100 people while up to 9,000 homes were levelled.Ohtake Masakazu A seismic gap in the eastern margin of the Sea of Japan as inferred from the time-space distribution of past seismicity The Island Arc 1995 4 3 156–165 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1995.tb00140.x 1995IsArc...4..156O Based on an analysis of damage distribution, Nishiyama and others determined the epicenter region to be in the mountainous area between Jōetsu and Kuwadori Valley.Nishiyama A. Satake K. Yata T. Urabe A. Re-examination of the damage distribution and the source of the 1751 Takada Earthquake in central Japan American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, Abstract Id. T43D-2354 2011 2011 2011AGUFM.T43D2354N https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.T43D2354N/abstract See also List of earthquakes in Japan List of historical earthquakes References Category:Earthquakes in Japan Category:1750s earthquakes Category:1751 disasters