March 19, 1711 Earthquake: Mimasaka, Japan

Date

March 19, 1711

Place

Mimasaka, Japan

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.500° N, 133.000° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

4

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• March 7, 1927, SW, Honshu, JapanM7.3 · 3,022 deaths · $40 million · 15,594 houses destroyed · 190 km
• September 10, 1943, S, Honshu, JapanM7.4 · 1,400 deaths · 7,739 houses destroyed · 85 km
• June 16, 1026, Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, JapanM7.5 · 1,001 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed · 134 km
• December 20, 1711, Seionaikai, JapanM6.7 · 1,000 deaths · 1,713 houses destroyed · 162 km
• March 14, 1872, SW, Honshu, JapanM7.4 · 804 deaths · 5,796 houses destroyed · 113 km
• May 23, 1925, Tajima, Honshu, JapanM6.8 · 395 deaths · 3,333 houses destroyed · 161 km
• June 2, 1905, Aki, JapanM7.8 · 11 deaths · 59 houses destroyed · 190 km
• July 12, 1676, Tuwano, Japan7 deaths · 144 km
• March 24, 2001, Hiroshima, Okayama, Honshu, Kagama, JapanM6.8 · 2 deaths · $500 million · 163 km
• October 6, 2000, Okayama, Tottori, W, Honshu, JapanM6.7 · $150 million · 104 houses destroyed · 13 km
• April 8, 2018, Shimane Prefecture, JapanM5.7 · 49 km
• June 3, 1978, Hiroshima, S Honshu, JapanM4.9 · 57 km
• October 21, 2016, Kurayoshi, JapanM6.2 · $100 million · 2 houses destroyed · 75 km
• October 30, 1983, Tottori, Yonango, JapanM5.2 · 81 km
• January 11, 1900, Sea of JapanM7.8 · 120 km

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