1896 Sanriku earthquake

one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history
Event off_sanriku_earthquake Q715495
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1896 Sanriku earthquake

Summary

1896 Sanriku earthquake is an off Sanriku earthquake[1]. It draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (off_sanriku_earthquake category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake is located in Sanriku[3].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake is in the country of Empire of Japan[4].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake is in the country of United States[5].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's image is recorded as Sanriku Great Tsunami.JPG[6].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's instance of is recorded as off Sanriku earthquake[7].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's instance of is recorded as megathrust earthquake[8].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001291768[9].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's Commons category is recorded as 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake[10].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's point in time is recorded as +1896-06-15T00:00:00Z[11].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.5, 'lon': 144}[12].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/080dzbk[13].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+21915'}[14].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+4398'}[15].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's number of missing is recorded as {'amount': '+44'}[16].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's has effect is recorded as 1896 Rikuu earthquake[17].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's number of casualties is recorded as {'amount': '+22066'}[18].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's time period is recorded as Meiji era[19].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+8.2'}[20].
  • 1896 Sanriku earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+7.2'}[21].

Why It Matters

1896 Sanriku earthquake draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (off_sanriku_earthquake category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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