August 8, 1808 Earthquake: E. Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Date

August 8, 1808

Place

E. Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Magnitude

6.5 (Ms)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

33.900° N, 134.800° E

Country

Japan

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

• January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 6,434 deaths · $100 billion · 186,175 houses destroyed · 81 km
• October 28, 1707, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 5,000 deaths · 77,000 houses destroyed · 78 km
• February 3, 1605, Nankaido, JapanM7.9 · 5,000 deaths · 400 houses destroyed · 101 km
• March 7, 1927, SW, Honshu, JapanM7.3 · 3,022 deaths · $40 million · 15,594 houses destroyed · 191 km
• December 24, 1854, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 3,000 deaths · 20,000 houses destroyed · 91 km
• September 10, 1943, S, Honshu, JapanM7.4 · 1,400 deaths · 7,739 houses destroyed · 176 km
• December 20, 1946, S Coast, Honshu, JapanM8.3 · 1,362 deaths · 11,661 houses destroyed · 134 km
• July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan1,352 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed · 165 km
• December 20, 1711, Seionaikai, JapanM6.7 · 1,000 deaths · 1,713 houses destroyed · 86 km
• August 3, 1361, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 660 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 102 km
• August 19, 1830, Kyoto, Japan280 deaths · 165 km
• June 17, 2018, Osaka, JapanM5.5 · 5 deaths · $7 billion · 128 km
• August 15, 1331, Sagami, JapanM7 · 43 km
• April 12, 2013, JapanM5.8 · 52 km
• February 27, 1671, Nankaido, JapanM6.9 · 56 km

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