Great Kanto earthquake
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The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Kantō earthquake | 5 |
| 1923 Great Kantō earthquake | 4 |
| Great Kanto Earthquake | 4 |
| Great Kanto earthquake canonical | 2 |
| 1923 Great Kanto earthquake | 1 |
| Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 | 1 |
| 関東大震災 | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthquake
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ |
| affectedCity |
Kawasaki
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ Yokohama ⓘ Yokosuka ⓘ |
| aftershocksDuration | several months ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Kanto earthquake
ⓘ
surface form:
1923 Great Kanto earthquake
Kanto Daishinsai ⓘ |
| associatedPogrom |
Kanto Massacre of Koreans
ⓘ
surface form:
Kanto Massacre
|
| casualtiesEstimate |
105000
ⓘ
over 100000 deaths ⓘ |
| causedBy | subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Disaster Prevention Day ⓘ |
| commemorationDate | September 1 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| crownPrinceDuringEvent |
Emperor Hirohito
ⓘ
surface form:
Hirohito
|
| date | 1923-09-01 ⓘ |
| day | 1 ⓘ |
| depth | 23 km ⓘ |
| destroyedBuildingsEstimate | over 570000 houses ⓘ |
| displacedPeople | over 1 million ⓘ |
| economicImpact | severe damage to Japanese economy ⓘ |
| emperorDuringEvent |
Emperor Taishō
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Taisho
|
| epicenter | Sagami Bay ⓘ |
| governmentResponse | emergency decree by Japanese government ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major turning point in modern Japanese urban development
ⓘ
one of the deadliest earthquakes in Japanese history ⓘ |
| homelessPeopleEstimate | over 1.9 million ⓘ |
| injuriesEstimate | hundreds of thousands injured ⓘ |
| JapaneseName |
Great Kanto earthquake
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
関東大震災
|
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| ledTo |
mass violence against Koreans in Japan
ⓘ
strengthening of building codes in Japan ⓘ urban planning reforms in Tokyo ⓘ |
| location |
Chiba
ⓘ
surface form:
Chiba Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ Kantō region ⓘ
surface form:
Kanto region
Saitama Prefecture ⓘ Shizuoka Prefecture ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ Yokohama ⓘ |
| magnitude |
7.9 Ms
ⓘ
7.9 Mw ⓘ |
| mainCauseOfDamage | fire ⓘ |
| maximumIntensity | X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale ⓘ |
| month | September ⓘ |
| notableIncident | Great Tokyo fire whirl at Rikugun Honjo Hifukusho ⓘ |
| plateBoundary | subduction zone ⓘ |
| reconstructionProgram | Tokyo reconstruction plan ⓘ |
| region | Honshu ⓘ |
| time | 11:58 JST ⓘ |
| triggered |
fires
ⓘ
landslides ⓘ tsunami in Sagami Bay ⓘ |
| tsunami | yes ⓘ |
| type | megathrust earthquake ⓘ |
| year | 1923 ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Great Kantō earthquake of 1923
this entity surface form:
Great Kantō earthquake
this entity surface form:
1923 Great Kanto earthquake
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関東大震災
this entity surface form:
Great Kanto Earthquake
this entity surface form:
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
this entity surface form:
Great Kantō earthquake
this entity surface form:
Great Kantō earthquake
this entity surface form:
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
this entity surface form:
Great Kantō earthquake
this entity surface form:
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
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Great Kanto Earthquake
subject surface form:
Earthquake Research Institute
this entity surface form:
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
this entity surface form:
Great Kantō earthquake
this entity surface form:
Great Kanto Earthquake
this entity surface form:
Great Kanto Earthquake