1948 Fukui earthquake

June 1948 earthquake in Japan September 2011 hist June 2021 1948 Fukui earthquake Fukui Earthquake 1948 - damaged building.jpg Japan#Japan Fukui Prefecture June 28, 1948 16:13:31 JST 1948-06-28 07:13:31 iscgem897413 897413 6.8 Mw 10 km mi on 36.16 136.22 region:JP_type:event inline,title Intraplate earthquake Japan US$1 billionhttps://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/3884 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 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 2024-03-22 IX 6 (now equivalent to 7) 3,769 deadhttp://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/eq/higai/higai-1995.html 気象庁 | 過去の地震・津波被害 2012-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20130119022657/http://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/eq/higai/higai-1995.html 2013-01-19 dead https://www.jishin.go.jp/main/yosokuchizu/chubu/p18_fukui.htm 福井県の地震活動の特徴 – 地震調査研究推進本部 Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion22,203 injuredhttps://www.jishin.go.jp/main/yosokuchizu/chubu/p17_ishikawa.htm 石川県の地震活動の特徴 – 地震調査研究推進本部 Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion 福井地震 ja The 1948 Fukui earthquake 福井地震 Fukui jishin occurred in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck at 4:13:31 p.m.(JDT) on June 28, 1948. The quake's hypocenter was approximately 10 km north-northeast of Fukui, in the present-day neighborhood of Maruoka, Sakai City.Japan Meteorological Agency Shindo Database Search Retrieved August 16, 2008 The strongest shaking occurred in the city of Fukui, where it was recorded as 6 (equivalent to the current 7) on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale. Overview The earthquake devastated Fukui, which was still recovering from damage sustained during WWII air raids in July 1945. Damage across the entire Fukuiheiya flood plain into neighboring Ishikawa prefecture. Official casualty estimates totaled 3,76919 January 1995 Jap Quake Death Toll Passes 4,000 https://books.google.com/books?id=LAlKAAAAIBAJ&dq=1948+Fukui+earthquake&pg=PA5&article_id=1795,814508 1 August 2024 The Vindicator 1 dead and 22,000 wounded, with more than 36,000 buildings completely destroyed.Ichinose Gene A. Somerville Paul Thio Hong Kie Matsushima Shinichi Sato Toshiaki 12 May 2005 Rupture process of the 1948 Fukui earthquake ( M 7.1) from the joint inversion of seismic waveform and geodetic data https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2004JB003437 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 110 B5 10.1029/2004JB003437 2005JGRB..110.5301I 0148-0227 subscription In the Kanazugocho district (modern-day eastern Awara); Maruoka and Harue; and Yoshida District, nearly every building was leveled. In central Fukui city, which was adjacent to the epicenter, approximately 79% of structures were completely destroyed, while the overall destruction rate across the Fukuiheiya floodplain surpassed 60%. Fires caused by the earthquake compounded the destruction. The quake also seriously damaged the embankments of the Kuzuryū River. Record-setting rain in the weeks following the quake subsequently caused the levees to burst, leading to massive flooding. Although three years of war damage, earthquake damage, fire damage, and flood damage reduced the city to ashes, it continued to rebuild. In honor of the citizens' resilience, the Fukui citizen's charter proclaims Fukui "City of the Phoenix." Geology thumb|280x280px|Seismic intensity map of 1948 Fukui earthquake This earthquake was caused by a previously unknown strike-slip fault. The fault stretches from Kanazu to Fukui,http://namaz.ge.fukui-nct.ac.jp/ronnbunn/date/h1/h1.htm Archived copy 2012-12-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160420020719/http://namaz.ge.fukui-nct.ac.jp/ronnbunn/date/h1/h1.htm 2016-04-20 dead with a length of 25 km mi 0 on, and was later named the "Fukui Earthquake Fault". Shaking was felt as far as Mito in the east, and Saga in the west. Damage thumb|Daiwa department store after the earthquake|leftDamage was most reported in the Fukui plain, where the building collapse rate was more than 60%, since shaking became larger due to it being an alluvial plain, and many of the buildings were just built after the war and a little unstable. As many people were cooking when the earthquake struck, many fires spread after the quake. Since the roads and the waterworks were damaged it took five days to put out the fires and so the fires caused devastating damage. Even though the Daiwa Department Store collapsed, the Fukui Bank building right next to it had no significant damage. It is thought to have been because the Fukui Bank building had about 500 deep foundation pipes 10 meters deep in the ground. Almost all of the farmers' houses in the epicenter area collapsed, but most of the farmers were outside so there were not many casualties. + Total damage宇佐美龍夫『新編日本被害地震総覧』東京大学出版会、1987年 Prefecture Casualties Damaged houses Deaths Injuries Collapsed Half collapsed Burned Fukui 3,728 21,750 35,382 10,542 3,851 Ishikawa 41 453 802 1,274 0 Total 3,769 22,203 36,184 11,816 3,851 Damage in Fukui City Total damage in Fukui CityDead930Collapsed buildings12,270Half collapsed buildings3,158Burnt buildings2,069Building collapse rate79.0%Fires24Burnt area2,120,600 m2 Casualties At the time, it was the deadliest earthquake after the Pacific War (now superseded by the Great Hanshin earthquake and the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami). This earthquake killed 3769 people, mainly in Sakai City (then part of Fukui City), where the death rate was more than 1%. Property damage Maruoka Castle collapsed. Hosorogi Station and Kanazu Station (now Awaraonsen Station) collapsed. The Daiwa Department Store collapsed. A theater in Fukui collapsed and caught fire, killing a few hundred people. Other Levees damaged by the earthquake and torrential rains caused Kuzuryū River to overflow. Influence The Japan Meteorological Agency added Shindo 7 to the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale. See also List of earthquakes in 1948 List of earthquakes in Japan References ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 External links Earthquake in Japan: June 1948 – slideshow by Life magazine 897413 Fukui earthquake Fukui earthquake Category:June 1948 in Asia Fukui Category:Earthquakes of the Shōwa era Category:History of Fukui Prefecture Category:1948 disasters in Japan