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

Feb 7, 2023

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  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027333
  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro 1060_05_cpa0027332
  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027331
  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027330
  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027328
  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027325
  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027322
  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027321
  • The Great Kantō earthquake (関東a¤ß震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō 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 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0.<br ><br > 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.<br ><br > This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surro Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027320
  • Voyage de Jean BRUNHES au Japon Marins venus en aide devant une des trois maisons de Yokohama qui ne s ecroula pas pendant le tremblement de terre de Kanto qui fit des centaines de milliers de morts le 01 09 1923. Photographie rapportee par Jean BRUNHES (1869-1930) lors de son sejour au Japon en 1926. Credit: Brunhes-Delamarre KHARBINE-TAPABOR. *** 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
  • Voyage de Jean BRUNHES au Japon Foule voulant fuir les environs de Tokyo apres le tremblement de terre de Kanto qui fit des centaines de milliers de morts le 01 09 1923. Photographie rapportee par Jean BRUNHES (1869-1930) lors de son sejour au Japon en 1926. Credit: Brunhes-Delamarre KHARBINE-TAPABOR. *** 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
  • Voyage de Jean BRUNHES au Japon Reste d un tramway a Tokyo apres le tremblement de terre de Kanto qui fit des centaines de milliers de morts le 01 09 1923. Photographie rapportee par Jean BRUNHES (1869-1930) lors de son sejour au Japon en 1926. Credit: Brunhes-Delamarre KHARBINE-TAPABOR. *** 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
  • JAPON annees 20 Les tremblements de terre au Japon . Illustration de Thomas Theodor HEINE (1867-1948) pour Simplicissimus du 24 septembre 1923. Credit Coll. Dixmier KHARBINE-TAPABOR. *** 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