1894 Tokyo earthquake
  JST | |
| Magnitude | 6.6 M |
|---|---|
| Depth | 50 km (31 mi) to 80 km (50 mi) |
| Epicenter | 35°42′N 139°48′E / 35.7°N 139.8°E |
| Areas affected | Japan |
| Casualties | 31 dead, 157 injured |
The 1894 Tokyo earthquake (明治東京地震, Meiji-Tokyo jishin) occurred in
.The earthquake's
Richter magnitude scale.[1] The depth of the 1894 earthquake has not been determined, but it is thought to have occurred within the subducting Pacific Plate under the Kantō region.[2]
The death toll was 31 killed and 157 injured.
The earthquake was mentioned by author
Yotsuya, and soil liquefaction in the Mita area of downtown Tokyo. She also commented on an aftershock which occurred at 22:00 that night.[3] The earthquake is also mentioned by author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki in his autobiographical work, Yosho-jidai, in which he described how his family's house collapsed during the earthquake, a traumatic event to which he attributed his lifelong phobia of earthquakes.[4]
By 1894, Tokyo and Yokohama had numerous foreign residents, many of whom commented on the earthquake in their writings and diaries.
The
dry plates. A considerable number of photographs were taken just after the event for the use at the former Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee in its official reports of the 1894 earthquake, but almost all of the original plates have been lost.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Inland earthquakes".
- ^ Danly, In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life of Higuchi Ichiyo
- ^ Tanizaki, Childhood Years: A Memoir
- ^ http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004707968/ Bulletin of the National Science Museum
Further reading
- Clancey, Gregory. (2006). Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity. Berkeley: ISBN 978-0-520-24607-2(cloth)
- Danly, Robert Lyons. In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life of Higuchi Ichiyo, with Nine of Her Best Short Stories. Norton & Company (1992). ISBN 0-393-30913-4
- Tanizaki, Jun'ichirō. Childhood Years: A Memoir. Kodansha International (1998). ISBN 4-7700-2322-7