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Earthquake and tsunami in Japan
April 2022
1293 Kamakura earthquake yes 27 May 1293 06:00 Japan Kanagawa Prefecture
7.1 35.2 139.4 inline,title Japan (Kamakura) Yes 23,024https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/494 Significant Earthquake Information National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 1972 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 30 March 2022 10.7289/V5TD9V7K
The 1293 Kamakura earthquake in Japan occurred at about 06:00 local time on 27 May 1293.Usami T. 1979 Study of historical earthquakes in Japan Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute 54 399–439 http://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2261/12734/1/ji0543001.pdf 31 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722080425/http://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2261/12734/1/ji0543001.pdf 22 July 2011 dead It had an estimated magnitude of 7.1–7.5http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/utsuweq_bak_eng.html Search parameters page IISEE Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (from ancient times through June, 2009) 31 October 2010 18 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130918042738/http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/utsuweq_bak_eng.html dead and triggered a tsunami. The estimated death toll was 23,024. It occurred during the Kamakura period, and the city of Kamakura was seriously damaged.
In the confusion following the quake, Hōjō Sadatoki, the Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, carried out a purge against his subordinate Taira no Yoritsuna. In what is referred to as the Heizen Gate Incident, Yoritsuna and 90 of his followers were killed.
It has been suggested that the reference to a large tsunami may be incorrect,https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/110 Tsunami Event Information National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service: NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 30 March 2022 10.7289/V5PN93H7 although a tsunami deposit has been found that is consistent with this age.http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_180689.htm Past three Kanto earthquakes inferred from the tsunami deposits survey in the southern Miura Peninsula, Central Japan Haeing Yoong K. 2010 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 42 106 31 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210025633/https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_180689.htm 10 December 2014 dead
See also
List of earthquakes in Japan
List of historical earthquakes
Sagami Trough
References
1293 Kamakura earthquake
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