1858 Hietsu earthquake
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| Local date | April 9, 1858 |
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| Magnitude | 7.1 M[1] |
| Epicenter | 36°24′N 137°12′E / 36.4°N 137.2°E[1] |
| Casualties | 426[1] |
The Hietsu earthquake (飛越地震, Hietsu jishin) was a
Honshū in Japan. Its name includes one kanji from Hida (飛騨国) and one from Etchū (越中国). The earthquakes are estimated to have killed 200–300 people. It also caused the Mount Tonbiyama landslide and blocked the upper reaches of the Jōganji River.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Utsu, T. (2004). "Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2010)". IISEE. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Komatsubara, Taku (28 May 2015). "Epicenter of the Ansei Hietsu Earthquake in 1858 inferred from ratio of dead persons in each village". Japan Geoscience Union.
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External links
- 飛越地震（岐阜県防災局） (Hietsu jishin (Gifu-ken Bōsaikyoku)), Gifu Prefecture
- 飛越地震による大鳶山、小鳶山の大崩壊—災害伝承情報データベース (Hietsu jishin ni yoru Ōtonbi-yama, Kotonbi-yama no dai hōkai—Saigai denshō jōhō database), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications