June 3, 1772 Earthquake: Sanriku,rikuzen,rikuchu, Japan

Date

June 3, 1772

Place

Sanriku,rikuzen,rikuchu, Japan

Magnitude

7.4

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.300° N, 142.700° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

• June 15, 1896, Sanriku, JapanM8.3 · 27,122 deaths · 11,000 houses destroyed · 114 km
• March 11, 2011, Honshu, JapanM9.1 · 18,423 deaths · $220 billion · 123,661 houses destroyed · 115 km
• December 2, 1611, Sanriku, JapanM8.1 · 5,000 deaths · 159 km
• March 2, 1933, Sanriku, JapanM8.4 · 3,022 deaths · 6,000 houses destroyed · 163 km
• February 17, 1793, Sanriku,rikuzen,rikuchu, JapanM8.3 · 745 deaths · 1,160 houses destroyed · 143 km
• August 31, 1896, Senhoku, Ugo, Japan206 deaths · 5,911 houses destroyed · 165 km
• December 6, 1616, Sanriku, JapanM7.5 · 200 deaths · 159 km
• May 16, 1968, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, JapanM8.2 · 52 deaths · $131 million · 1,218 houses destroyed · 172 km
• June 12, 1978, Sanriku, JapanM7.7 · 28 deaths · $865 million · 136 km
• August 23, 1856, Oshima, JapanM8 · 26 deaths · 193 houses destroyed · 150 km
• June 13, 2008, Tokyo, Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 23 deaths · 160 km
• August 9, 1901, Off Northeast Coast Honshu, JapanM8.2 · 18 deaths · 8 houses destroyed · 149 km
• April 7, 2011, Near E Coast Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 3 deaths · 149 km
• December 28, 1994, Honshu, JapanM7.8 · 3 deaths · $170.4 million · 149 km
• October 2, 1678, Sanriku,rikuchu, JapanM7.4 · 1 death · 99 km

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