IMAGO International History, The most severe earthquakes, Japan, Kanto Plain 1923

Feb 7, 2023

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The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027333
The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro 1060_05_cpa0027332
The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027331
The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027330
The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027328
The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027325
The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027322
The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027321
The Great KantÅ earthquake (é–¢æ±a¤ßéœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the KantÅ Plain on the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Åashima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027320
Jean BRUNHES trip to Japan Mariners who came to the aid of one of the three houses in Yokohama that did not collapse during the Kanto earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands of people on 01 09 1923 Photograph reported by Jean BRUNHES 1869 1930 during his stay in Japan in 1926 Credit Brunhes Delamarre KHARBINE TAPABOR KH86658
Trip of Jean BRUNHES to Japan Crowd wanting to flee the surroundings of Tokyo after the earthquake of Kanto which made hundreds of thousands of deaths on 01 09 1923 Photograph reported by Jean BRUNHES 1869 1930 during his stay in Japan in 1926 Credit Brunhes Delamarre KHARBINE TAPABOR KH86657
Jean BRUNHES trip to Japan Remains of a tramway in Tokyo after the Kanto earthquake which killed hundreds of thousands of people on 01 09 1923 Photograph reported by Jean BRUNHES 1869 1930 during his stay in Japan in 1926 Credit Brunhes Delamarre KHARBINE TAPABOR KH86656
JAPAN 20s Earthquakes in Japan Illustration by Thomas Theodor HEINE 1867 1948 for Simplicissimus of 24 September 1923 Credit Coll Dixmier KHARBINE TAPABOR KH141604
Great Japanese earthquake . A general view of Yokohama . 1 September 1923, Yokohama Kanto Japan Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU012683
Empress of Japan visits earthquake orphans The Empress of Japan on the occasion of a visit to children who lost their parents in the great eathquake disaster 5 November 1923, Japan Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU011653
Yokohama, Japan: November 7, 1923 A baby getting his bath amongst the ruins left over from the Great Kanto Earthquake. in September. xUnderwoodxArchives 9-Japan-Women_1
October 1923 : Scene after the Yokohama earthquake, Japan. UnitedArchives01008708
Japanese earthquake and fire, Tokyo 1923, Japan, japanisch, japanischer, japanische UnitedArchives00929683

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Trip of Jean BRUNHES to Japan Crowd wanting to flee the surroundings of Tokyo after the earthquake of Kanto which made hundreds of thousands of deaths on 01 09 1923 Photograph reported by Jean BRUNHES 1869 1930 during his stay in Japan in 1926 Credit Brunhes Delamarre KHARBINE TAPABOR KH86657

Jean BRUNHES trip to Japan Remains of a tramway in Tokyo after the Kanto earthquake which killed hundreds of thousands of people on 01 09 1923 Photograph reported by Jean BRUNHES 1869 1930 during his stay in Japan in 1926 Credit Brunhes Delamarre KHARBINE TAPABOR KH86656

JAPAN 20s Earthquakes in Japan Illustration by Thomas Theodor HEINE 1867 1948 for Simplicissimus of 24 September 1923 Credit Coll Dixmier KHARBINE TAPABOR KH141604

Great Japanese earthquake . A general view of Yokohama . 1 September 1923, Yokohama Kanto Japan Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU012683

Empress of Japan visits earthquake orphans The Empress of Japan on the occasion of a visit to children who lost their parents in the great eathquake disaster 5 November 1923, Japan Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU011653

Yokohama, Japan: November 7, 1923 A baby getting his bath amongst the ruins left over from the Great Kanto Earthquake. in September. xUnderwoodxArchives 9-Japan-Women_1

October 1923 : Scene after the Yokohama earthquake, Japan. UnitedArchives01008708

Japanese earthquake and fire, Tokyo 1923, Japan, japanisch, japanischer, japanische UnitedArchives00929683