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1707 Hōei earthquake

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1707 Hōei earthquake


1707 Hōei earthquake is located in Japan

The 1707 Hōei earthquake, which occurred at 14:00 local time on October 28, 1707, was the largest earthquake in Japanese history until the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake[2] surpassed it. It caused moderate to severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shikoku and southeastern Kyūshū.[3] The earthquake, and the resulting destructive tsunami, caused more than 5,000 casualties.[4] This event ruptured all of the segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously, the only earthquake known to have done this, with an estimated magnitude of 8.6 ML. It might also have triggered the last eruption of Mount Fuji 49 days later.[5]

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