[DOC] [TLE] QUAKE IN JAPAN - THE OVERVIEW - AT LEAST 597 ARE KILLED ... [PAR] Jan 17, 1995 ... A powerful earthquake shook major cities in western Japan today, ... IN 
JAPANESE QUAKE; KOBE DEVASTATED AS 2,000 BUILDINGS BUCKLE ... 
Kobe, a major port city of 1.4 million people 280 miles west of Tokyo, bore the 
brunt. ... most damage since one that struck coastal Fukui Prefecture in 1948,... [DOC] [TLE] List of earthquakes in Japan - Wikipedia [PAR] This is a list of earthquakes in Japan with either a magnitude greater than or 
equal to 7.0 or ..... It devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the 
surrounding .... The strongest shaking occurred in the city of Fukui, where it was 
recorded as 6 ..... strongest to hit Japan and one of the top five largest 
earthquakes in the world... [DOC] [TLE] 1948 Fukui earthquake - Wikipedia [PAR] The 1948 Fukui earthquake (, Fukui jishin) occurred in Fukui Prefecture, 
Japan. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck at 5:13:31 p.m.(JDT) on June 28. The 
strongest shaking occurred in the city of Fukui, where it was recorded as ... 
damaged it took 5 days to put out the fires and so the fires caused devastating 
damage. [DOC] [TLE] 1948 Fukui earthquake - Revolvy [PAR] The 1948 Fukui earthquake (  Fukui jishin) occurred in Fukui Prefecture , 
Japan . ... The strongest shaking occurred in the city of Fukui , where it was 
recorded as 6 ... it took 5 days to put out the fires and so the fires caused 
devastating damage. ... a prefecture of Japan located in the Chbu region on 
Honsh island. [DOC] [TLE] Earthquakes in Japan - History - Significant Earthquakes - LiquiSearch [PAR] This earthquake then resulted in a tsunami which hit the coastal areas of the 
Boso ... deaths inside the city, and 2,759 injuries; much of the city was destroyed 
by ... and the Am Pass in Gifu Prefecture on the island of Honsh in Japan. ... 
the 1948 Fukui earthquake struck near Maruoka, Fukui in Fukui Prefecture killing 
3,769. [DOC] [TLE] Quake Rocks Japan, Kills 686 : A 7.2 Temblor Devastates Kobe ... [PAR] Jan 17, 1995 ... A powerful earthquake rocked western Japan before dawn today, killing ... 
Trapping 500 : Disaster: More than 2,100 buildings are destroyed or ... at the new 
multibillion-dollar Kansai Airport on an artificial island in Osaka Bay off Kobe. ... a 
6.1-magnitude quake severely damaged the city of Fukui in 1948. [DOC] [TLE] Rupture process of the 1948 Fukui earthquake (M 7.1) from the joint ... [PAR] distribution of the 1948 Fukui, Japan, earthquake using the multiple time window 
... likely contributed to the high amount of damage in Fukui city. ... earthquake 
damaged or destroyed over 36,000 homes and ... frequently in the Japanese 
island of Honshu especially along ...... Seismic moment of largest asperity,b dyn 
cm. [DOC] [TLE] Japan's Biggest Earthquakes - Live Science [PAR] Apr 8, 2011 ... About 1,500 earthquakes strike the island nation every year. ... Japan's worst 
earthquake of all time wasn't nearly its biggest. ... The quake devastated Tokyo, 
then home to about 2 million people, and ... The tsunami also damaged docks in 
Crescent City, Calif., which was hit hard by last month's tsunami. [DOC] [TLE] LARGE EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN | Facts and Details [PAR] Tokyo 1923 An earthquake in northern Japan in A.D. 869 is believed to have 
been the ..... Records from the time indicate 6,641 deaths inside the city, and 
2,759 injuries; much of the city was destroyed by fire, .... The 1948 Fukui 
Earthquake. ... the northwest coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island, on June 
16th at 1:01pm,... [DOC] [TLE] Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths 1900-2014 [PAR] Apr 6, 2016 ... 1948/10/05, Ashgabat (Ashkhabad), Turkmenistan (Turkmeniya, USSR) .... 
Believed to be the largest earthquake in this area in more than 2000 years ... 
boats and docks destroyed or damaged at Crescent City by a tsunami with ... 157 
at Omaezaki, Japan; 163 at Manzanillo, Mexico; 156 on Midway Island;... [DOC] [TLE] A short History

Question: The city of Fukui, on this largest of Japan's islands, was devastated by an earthquake in 1948
Answer: Honshu