1943 Tottori earthquake

1943 earthquake in Japan September 2022 Tottori earthquake 270px Japan Tottori Prefecture 1943 09 10 17:36 JST 1943-09-10 08:37:00 iscgem899991 899991 7.0 w y 35.47 134.09 type:event inline,title Japan 6 (legacy scale)震度データベース検索 Seismic intensity database search https://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/eqdb/data/shindo/index.html#19430910173653 Japan Meteorological Agency 2 February 2022 ja 1086 The Tottori earthquake 鳥取地震 Tottori jishin occurred in Tottori prefecture, Japan at 17:36 local time on September 10, 1943. Although the earthquake occurred during World War II, information about the disaster was not censored, and relief volunteers and supplies came from many parts of the Empire of Japan, including Manchukuo. The Tottori earthquake had its epicenter offshore from Ketaka District, now part of Tottori, and registered a magnitude of 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale and it originated from the Kashino-Yoshioka Fault system.Tottori 1943 iscgem899991 M 7.0 – western Honshu, Japan cs1鹿野－吉岡断層 地震本部 https://www.jishin.go.jp/regional_seismicity/rs_katsudanso/shikano-yoshioka/ 2026-09-27 www.jishin.go.jp The seismic intensity was recorded as 6 in Tottori city, and 5 as far away as Okayama on the Inland Sea.http://www.hp1039.jishin.go.jp/eqchreng/8-2-2.htm The Tottori Earthquake (September 10, 1943, M 7.2) hp1039.jishin.go.jp The center of Tottori city, with many antiquated buildings was the hardest hit, with an estimated 80% of its structures damaged or destroyed. As the earthquake struck in the evening when most kitchens had fires lit in preparation for the evening meal, fires broke out in 16 locations around the city. With water mains damaged, citizens formed bucket brigades to prevent fires from spreading. The number of fatalities was 1,083, including numerous Zainichi Koreans working in the nearby Aragane Copper Mines. Two magnitude 6.2 earthquakes had occurred in the same area earlier that year on March 4 and 5, but did not cause significant damage.http://www2.rcep.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~sato/tottori/history.html Western Tottori, Japan, Earthquake 2008-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722072131/http://www2.rcep.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~sato/tottori/history.html 2011-07-22 dead See also List of earthquakes in 1943 List of earthquakes in Japan Notes External links 899991 Tottori Tottori Category:September 1943 in Asia Category:Earthquakes in the Empire of Japan Category:History of Tottori Prefecture Category:Earthquakes of the Shōwa era Category:1943 disasters in Japan Category:Zainichi Korean history Category:Japan in World War II Category:Natural disasters in warfare