February 3, 1605 Tsunami: Nankaido, Japan

February 3, 1605, Nankaido, 33 N, 134.9 E, magnitude 8.1, tsunami intensity 3, validity 4. 700 houses (41%) at Hiro, Wakayama Prefecture washed away. 3,600 drowned in Shishikui area. Awa, wave height 6-7m. 350 at Kannoura 60 at Sakihama drowned, wave height 5-6 m and 8-10 m, respectively. Total more than 5,000 drowned. (reference #150)

February 3, 1605, 22-23 [local time], 33 N, 134.9 E, magnitude 7.9. (reference #3785)

January 31 (February 3), 1605, 20:00 [local time].

An enormous tsunami with a maximum known rise of water of 30 m was observed on the coast from the Boso Peninsula to the eastern part of Kyushu Island. The eastern part of the Boso Peninsula, the coast of Tokyo Bay, the coast of the prefectures of Kanagawa and Shizouka, and the southeastern coast of Kochi Precture suffered especially heavily...In some catalogs (References #150 and #3785) it is considered that two strong earthquakes occurred almost simultaneously in 1605: one at Tokaido and one at Nankaido with the following approximate epicenter coordinates: 34.3 North, 140.3 East; 33 North, 134.9 East.

(reference #414)

In the Keicho Tsunami of February 3, 1605 with the tsunami magnitude m=3 death toll of 5,000 was recorded in all afflicted area of Japan.... There are two separate reports for the 1605 tsunami. In one it is stated 3,800 lives were lost at the Shishikui village and in the other 1,500 lives. However, it has been determined by analyzing temple records that the actual death toll was 138. A death toll of about 350 was counted in Kannoura. Near the Muroto cape almost 400 deaths were recorded and in Misaki the death count totaled 153.

In the 1707 tsunami (reference #3777)