November 11, 1855 Earthquake: Tokyo, Japan

Reference #414:

1855, Nov 11, 22:00 local time, 35.8 N, 139.8 E, magnitude 6.9. There was a strong earthquake in the vicinity of Tokyo. It destroyed many homes and 54 or 57 temples and killed 3,000 people in the eastern half of Saitama Prefecture, the northeastern part of Kanagawa Prefecture, the central and western parts of Chiba Prefecture and in several places in the southwestern part of Ibaraki Prefecture. The ground opened up at many places and swallowed whole quarters. The earthquake was also supposedly very strong in the ports of Hakodate and Shimoda (as related to Europeans by the translators of these cities). After the earthquake, weak tsunami waves were observed at Kisarazu and the village of Mibuchi (western shore of the Boso Peninsula).

Reference #150:

Lists earthquake on Nov 11, 1855, 35.65 N, 139.8 E, magnitude 7.0. Waves washed the Kisaragi coast. Edo earthquake. 130,100 deaths[?], 50,000 houses collapsed.

Reference #1051:

1855, Nov 11, in Tokyo, 7,000 deaths.

Reference #1055:

1855, Nov 11, Tokyo, Japan, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts.

Reference #1006:

1855, Nov 11, Tokyo, 6,757 deaths, 17,444 houses destroyed, 33,000 houses burned.

Reference #1150:

1855, Nov 11, 35.8 N, 139.8 E, magnitude 6.9, about 7,000 deaths, 50,000 houses destroyed and burned.

Reference #1068:

1855, Nov 11, 36 N, 140 E, 6,757 deaths, 50,000 houses destroyed.

Reference #1002:

1855, Nov. 11. Sagami, magnitude 6.9, 6,757 dead.