160302-0039 - Nobi Earthquake

Devastation in the Neodani Valley (根尾谷) in Gifu Prefecture, caused by the Nobi Earthquake (濃尾地震, Nobi Jishin) of October 28, 1891 (Meiji 24).

The Nobi Earthquake measured between 8.0 and 8.4 on the scale of Richter and caused 7,273 deaths, 17,175 casualties and the destruction of 142,177 homes.

The quake is also referred to as the Mino-Owari Earthquake (美濃尾張地震, Mino-Owari Jishin).

From a series of glass slides published (but not photographed) by Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson (1823–1893). Wilson’s firm was one of the largest publishers of photographic prints in the world.