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1923 Great Kantō Earthquake

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1923 Great Kantō Earthquake
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Summary

1923 Great Kantō Earthquake is a Kantō earthquakes[1]. It draws 6,349 Wikipedia views per month (kant earthquakes category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kanagawa Prefecture[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Named after: Kantō region[5]
  • Location: Sagami Trough[6]
  • Commons category: 1923 Great Kantō earthquake[7]
  • Point in time: September 1, 1923[8]
  • Number of deaths: 105,385[9]
  • Has effect: aftermath of 1923 Great Kantō earthquake[10]
  • Duration: 48 seconds[11]
  • Time period: Taishō period[12]
  • Cost of damage: 7,500,000 yen[13]
  • Modified Mercalli intensity scale: Mercalli scale XI[14]
  • Vertical depth: 23 km[15]
  • JMA Seismic Intensity Scale: shindo 6[16]

Why It Matters

1923 Great Kantō Earthquake has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Modified mercalli intensity scale → Mercalli scale XI
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+105385'}
    Country → Japan
    Point in time → +1923-09-01T00:00:00Z
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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