August 2, 887 Earthquake: Niigata, Honshu, Japan

Date

August 2, 887

Place

Niigata, Honshu, Japan

Magnitude

6.5 (Ms)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

37.500° N, 138.100° E

Country

Japan

Deaths

2,000 with its tsunami and other effects

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 · 56 km
• September 27, 1611, Aidu, Japan3,700 deaths · 168 km
• May 20, 1751, NW, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 2,100 deaths · 9,100 houses destroyed · 33 km
• February 1, 1666, Takata, Japan1,500 deaths · 56 km
• December 18, 1828, Sandyo IN Etigo, Japan1,443 deaths · 11,750 houses destroyed · 124 km
• January 1, 2024, Ishikawa, Honshu, JapanM7.5 · 549 deaths · $18 billion · 29,966 houses destroyed · 73 km
• April 9, 1858, N, Hida, Japan203 deaths · 709 houses destroyed · 175 km
• December 7, 1833, NW, Honshu, JapanM7.4 · 85 deaths · 1,140 houses destroyed · 181 km
• October 23, 2004, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 68 deaths · $28 billion · 3,175 houses destroyed · 67 km
• April 28, 1714, Oomati, Japan56 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 112 km
• April 21, 1659, Aidu, Japan39 deaths · 168 km
• June 16, 1964, W Coast, Honshu, JapanM7.6 · 36 deaths · $800 million · 3,557 houses destroyed · 140 km
• September 13, 1984, Mt Ontake, Central, Honshu, JapanM6.1 · 29 deaths · $43 million · 198 km
• December 9, 1802, Sado Island, Ogi, NW Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 19 deaths · 1,060 houses destroyed · 28 km
• September 21, 1931, Honshu, JapanM7 · 16 deaths · 184 km

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