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Great Kantō Earthquake
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Major earthquake in Japan
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The Great Kantō Earthquake (関東大地震, Kantō daijishin; or 関東大震災, Kantō daishinsai) was a megathrust earthquake that struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu at 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC) on Saturday, 1 September 1923. It had an approximate magnitude of 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its epicenter located some 100...