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160310-0020 - Great Kanto Earthquake

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Tokyo Taisho 1920s Unknown

Displaced people at Nippori Station in Tokyo after the Great Kanto Earthquake (Kanto Daishinsai) of September 1, 1923 (Taisho 12).

The quake, with an estimated magnitude between 7.9 and 8.4 on the Richter scale, devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka, and claimed over 140,000 victims.

Japanese text: 日暮里停車場に於ける避難民の群

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