August 2, 704 Earthquake: Kumanonada, Japan

Date

August 2, 704

Place

Kumanonada, Japan

Magnitude

7 (Ms)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

33.800° N, 136.700° E

Country

Japan

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

• January 18, 1586, Ise Bay, JapanM8.2 · 8,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 134 km
• October 27, 1891, Mino-Owari, JapanM8.4 · 7,273 deaths · 142,177 houses destroyed · 191 km
• January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 6,434 deaths · $100 billion · 186,175 houses destroyed · 174 km
• September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 5,000 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 131 km
• October 28, 1707, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 5,000 deaths · 77,000 houses destroyed · 188 km
• February 3, 1605, Nankaido, JapanM7.9 · 5,000 deaths · 400 houses destroyed · 189 km
• December 24, 1854, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 3,000 deaths · 20,000 houses destroyed · 176 km
• January 12, 1945, S, Honshu, JapanM7.1 · 2,306 deaths · 7,221 houses destroyed · 110 km
• October 28, 1707, Enshunada, JapanM8.4 · 2,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 107 km
• December 20, 1946, S Coast, Honshu, JapanM8.3 · 1,362 deaths · 11,661 houses destroyed · 105 km
• July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan1,352 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed · 148 km
• December 7, 1944, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula, JapanM8.1 · 1,223 deaths · 29,205 houses destroyed · 43 km
• February 3, 1605, Enshunada, JapanM7.9 · 1,001 deaths · 80 houses destroyed · 170 km
• December 23, 1854, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 1,000 deaths · 8,900 houses destroyed · 113 km
• August 3, 1361, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 660 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 181 km

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