1923 Great Kantō earthquake

was a Japanese natural disaster in the Kantō region of the island of Honshū.James, Charles.  "The 1923 Tokyo Earthquake and Fire" at University of California, Berkeley ; retrieved 2012-12-11.  The earthquake struck at 11:58:44 am JST (2:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923.  It lasted between 4 and 10 minutes.Panda, Rajaram.  "Japan Coping with a National Calamity,"  Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA); retrieved 2012-12-11.

This earthquake destroyed Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka. It caused widespread damage.Hammer, Joshua. (2006).  Yokohama Burning: the Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II, p. 278. About 140,000 people died.

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Related pages
 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

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Other websites

Great Kanto Earthquake photos
 Great Kanto earthquake at British Pathé 
Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 at Brown University
USGS Earthquake Lists 

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