Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Kanto_Earthquake_(1923)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:aftermath multiple
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 7.9
gptkbp:casualties over 100,000
gptkbp:cause gptkb:earthquake
landslides
fires
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Disaster_Prevention_Day
September 1
gptkbp:date 1923-09-01
gptkbp:documentedIn government reports
historical photographs
eyewitness accounts
gptkbp:duration 4-10 minutes
gptkbp:economicImportance severe
gptkbp:epicenter gptkb:Sagami_Bay
gptkbp:fault megathrust
gptkbp:followedBy major aftershocks
gptkbp:homeless over 1.9 million
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
gptkbp:influenced Japanese disaster management
urban planning in Tokyo
gptkbp:injuries over 100,000
gptkbp:location gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Kanto_region
gptkbp:mediaCoverage worldwide
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Earthquake_Memorial_Hall
gptkb:Yokoamicho_Park
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Tokyo
gptkb:Yokohama
gptkbp:notableEvent massacre of Koreans
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:migration
gptkb:treaty
social unrest
infrastructure collapse
widespread destruction
railway damage
port destruction
telegraph disruption
water supply failure
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Kikuchi_Kan
gptkb:Yasunari_Kawabata
gptkbp:notableVictim Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's mother (indirectly)
gptkbp:powers shindo 6+ (JMA scale)
gptkbp:precededBy minor foreshocks
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:1923_Tokyo_firestorm
gptkb:Kanto_Massacre
1923 tsunami
gptkbp:restored gptkb:Great_Kanto_Earthquake_Reconstruction_Agency
gptkbp:studiedBy seismologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emperor_Taisho
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4