1096 Eichō earthquake
The 1096 Eicho earthquake affected the coast of Japan on 17 December during the Heian period. It is postulated by geologists to be a large megathrust earthquake along the Nankai subduction zone off southern Honshu with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.5. The earthquake also generated a destructive tsunami with a maximum…
Where it happened
Japan, as Wikidata places it.
- Earthquakes
The record
- Date
- December 17, 1096
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Japan
- Country
- Japan
What happened
The 1096 Eicho earthquake affected the coast of Japan on 17 December during the Heian period. It is postulated by geologists to be a large megathrust earthquake along the Nankai subduction zone off southern Honshu with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.5. The earthquake also generated a destructive tsunami with a maximum height of 7 m (23 ft).
Sources
Wikidata Q11550461 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “1096 Eichō earthquake”, CC BY-SA 4.0.