October 27, 1891 Earthquake: Mino-Owari, Japan

Date

October 27, 1891

Time

21:37 UTC

Place

Mino-Owari, Japan

Magnitude

8.4 (Ms)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.500° N, 137.000° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

7,273

Damage

Extreme (about $25 million or more)

Houses destroyed

142,177

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.

• May 8, 1847, Zenkoji, Nagano, JapanM7.4 · 12,000 deaths · 34,000 houses destroyed · 189 km
• January 18, 1586, Ise Bay, JapanM8.2 · 8,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 58 km
• June 28, 1948, Fukui, JapanM7.3 · 5,131 deaths · $1 billion · 63,000 houses destroyed · 143 km
• September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 5,000 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 195 km
• March 7, 1927, SW, Honshu, JapanM7.3 · 3,022 deaths · $40 million · 15,594 houses destroyed · 172 km
• January 12, 1945, S, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 2,306 deaths · 7,221 houses destroyed · 91 km
• October 28, 1707, Enshunada, JapanM8.4 · 2,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 172 km
• February 1, 1666, Takata, Japan1,500 deaths · 189 km
• July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan1,352 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed · 106 km
• December 7, 1944, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula, JapanM8.1 · 1,223 deaths · 29,205 houses destroyed · 167 km
• December 23, 1854, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 1,000 deaths · 8,900 houses destroyed · 186 km
• June 16, 1662, Yamasiro, Japan600 deaths · 91 km
• December 17, 1096, Enshunada, JapanM8.4 · 400 deaths · 173 km
• August 19, 1830, Kyoto, Japan280 deaths · 106 km
• November 25, 1930, Idu, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 259 deaths · 8,099 houses destroyed · 190 km

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