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North Kyushu Typhoon
19,113 confirmed deaths. A worst storm hit in Japanese history. -
Great Kantō earthquake
It's estimated 200,000 people were killed and over half a million houses were destroyed by fire storms that were caused after the quake. The quake also gave rise to tsunami with waves up to 10 m (33 ft). -
Tonankai earthquake
As the result of the ongoing Second War at the time, the news on the event was downplayed by the authorities in order to protect wartime morale, and as a result the full extent of the damage was never known. However, it was estimated that the quake had killed over 1300 people, the tsunami waves being the leading cause of the casualties. -
Typhoon Ruth
943 deaths confirmed. -
Isahaya flood
heavy rain, landslides and flooding. 993 confirmed deaths. -
Sea of Japan earthquake
Often referred to as the Nihonkai-Chubu earthquake. . The quake lasted for about 60 seconds measuring a 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale, which resulted in tsunami waves up to 10 meters high, killing about a 100 people. -
Hokkaidō earthquake
A magnitude of 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale. The quake didn’t do as much harm on land as it did through sea; the tsunami waves that were triggered by the quake were surely some of the historic tsunami waves the world had ever seen, causing deaths on Hokkaido and all the way up to southwestern Russia, with a total of 230 fatalities. -
Sakurajima Volcano
on the afternoon of 10th December at 5:55, Fire columns as high as 100 m were witnessed, being accompanied by 116 times of volcanic lightning. According to the field inspections, ballistics scattered about 3 to 4 km away from the Minamidake crater by this eruption. Fire column as higher as 300 m together with 6 times of volcanic lightning was also observed at 5:54, on December 24th. These eruptions not only cause pollution and volcanic quakes at times. -
Miyagi earthquake
was a 7.2 on the rector scale that struck the east coast of japan. Around seventeen thousand people lost power at the time. -
Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The destruction measuring a 9.0 in the moment magnitude scale and killing thousands of people across Japan.
