1923 Great Kantō earthquake

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1923_Great_Kantō_earthquake
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:aftermath multiple
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Tokyo_Earthquake
gptkb:Kantō_Daishinsai
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 7.9
gptkbp:casualties over 100,000
gptkbp:cause gptkb:earthquake
fires
gptkbp:causedDestruction widespread
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Disaster_Prevention_Day_(Japan)
September 1
gptkbp:date 1923-09-01
gptkbp:duration 4-10 minutes
gptkbp:epicenter gptkb:Sagami_Bay
gptkbp:firestorms yes
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1930_North_Izu_earthquake
gptkbp:homelessEstimate over 1.9 million
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
gptkbp:influenced urban planning in Tokyo
Japanese disaster management policy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Kantō_region
gptkbp:mediaCoverage worldwide
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Yokoamicho_Park
gptkb:Earthquake_Memorial_Hall_(Tokyo)
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Ryōgoku_fire_whirl
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Tokyo
gptkb:Yokohama
gptkbp:notableEvent infrastructure damage
collapse of buildings
massacre of Koreans
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:John_Dower's_'Embracing_Defeat'
gptkb:Richard_Lloyd_Parry's_'People_Who_Eat_Darkness'
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Kikuchi_Kan
gptkb:Yasunari_Kawabata
gptkbp:notableVictim Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's mother
gptkbp:powers shindo 6+
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1914_Sakura-jima_eruption
gptkbp:response gptkb:treaty
Japanese government relief efforts
gptkbp:restored gptkb:Great_Kantō_Earthquake_Reconstruction_Project
gptkbp:tsunami up to 12 meters
gptkbp:victim 105,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1923_Tokyo_firestorm
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6