일본의 지진 히스토리(1923~2011년) Japan earthquakes – from the Tohoku quake and tsunami in 2011 to 1923’s Great Kanto – a history of disaster

Japan earthquakes – from the Tohoku quake and tsunami in 2011 to 1923’s Great Kanto – a history of disaster

A POWERFUL earthquake flattened houses and left people injured after it struck the Tottori region of Japan this morning.

The Pacific Ocean island is no stranger to natural disasters, with hundreds and thousands of Japanese people having been killed by quakes and tsunamis over the years.

From the notorious Tohoku earthquake which sparked the Fukushima nuclear disaster to the monstrous Great Kanto quake of 1923, take a look at our list below of some of Japan’s deadliest quakes.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2021659/japan-earthquakes-tohoku-quake-tsunami-2011-1923-great-kanto

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