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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:MediaxCo.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 Supplier:MediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027333

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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:MediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0027333

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