History japan timeline

  • 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami

    1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami
    It caused more than 13000 deaths and happened in Ishigaki Island and Miyako Island.
  • Great Unzen disaster

    Great Unzen disaster
    It causes more than 15000 deaths and it happened in Mount Unzen Kyushu. The eruption triggered an earthquake and a tsunami.
  • 1828 Siebold typhoon

    There are 19113 deaths. It happened in Northen Kyushu Island and this is the worst storm hit in Japanese history.
  • Great Ansei earthquake

    Great Ansei earthquake
    It caused more than 7000 deaths and happened in Tokyo. It is also known as the great Edo earthquake.
  • Typhoon Vera

    Typhoon Vera
    It caused 5098 deaths and happened mainly, Ise Bay, Aichi Prefecture and Mie Prefecture. It is also known as Ice Bay Typhoon.
  • Mino–Owari earthquake

    Mino–Owari earthquake
    There were 7273 deaths and happened in Mino province. There were over 3000 aftershocks were reported after the event.
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake

    There are 21959 deaths in this earthquake. Maximum 28 meters of the tsunami in Iwate Prefecture, and 9 meters reached the Hawaiian coastline.
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    Great Kanto earthquake

    The earthquake happens in Kanto Planis, Honshu and causes 105385 deaths. It is the deadliest disaster in Japanese history.
  • Great Hanshin earthquake

    Great Hanshin earthquake
    It caused 6434 deaths and happened in Awaji Island, near Kobe and is also known as the Kobe earthquake.
  • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami

    This event caused 15897 deaths and it happened 72km east of Oshika Peninsula Tohoku. Costliest natural disaster in recorded world history, estimated at up to $235 billion by the World Bank.