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1872 Hamada earthquake
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Earthquake in Japan
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The 1872 Hamada earthquake (ja 浜田地震) was an earthquake that occurred on March 14, 1872 (the sixth day of the second month of Meiji 5 in the old Japanese calendar), off the coast of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture in Japan.デジタル大辞泉プラス,世界大百科事典内言及 浜田地震とは https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B5%9C%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87-1394312 2021-05-02 コトバンク ja This quake occurred at 16:40 local time.
Overview
Date : 1872 03 14
Magnitude : 7.1 MK2012-01-14 今日はこんな日(3月14日) 浜田地震(1872年) – 安心とくしま https://anshin.pref.tokushima.jp/normal/disaster_center/news.html?cid=disaster_center_126104359478&nid=126665967425 2021-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120114062458/https://anshin.pref.tokushima.jp/normal/disaster_center/news.html?cid=disaster_center_126104359478&nid=126665967425 2012-01-14国立天文台 :ja:国立天文台 理科年表 2021 令和3年 November 2020 丸善 978-4-621-30560-7 759
Epicenter : off coast Hamada, Shimane Prefecture
Death toll : 000551551 (official confirmed)島根県の地震活動の特徴 https://www.jishin.go.jp/regional_seismicity/rs_chugoku-shikoku/p32_shimane/ live 2021-05-02 地震調査研究推進本部 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222043511/http://www.jishin.go.jp:80/regional_seismicity/rs_chugoku-shikoku/p32_shimane/ 2015-12-22
Damage
According to the official confirmed report, 4506 houses were damaged by the earthquake, 230 houses were burned, 551 people were killed, and landslides destroyed 6567 homes in the affected area.
References
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