7. 1703 Genroku Tsunami
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On December 31th of 1703, an earthquake occurred in the southern Kanto region in Japan during the historical Genroku Era. It triggered a tsunami that had the height of a maximum of 10.5 at Wada and 10 meter at Izu Oshima and Ainohama.
It’s estimated that the earthquake and the tsunami caused the death of 200,000. Large fires broke out and a total of 8,007 houses were destroyed. 400 km of coastline was affected by the tsunami.
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