Episode 2 of 4
Regional Damage
- When
- 28 October 1707
- Where
- Southwestern Honshu, Shikoku, and southeastern Kyūshū
- Part of
- Hōei Earthquake
Moderate-to-severe damage occurred across southwestern Honshu, Shikoku, and southeastern Kyūshū.
The earthquake caused significant structural damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shikoku, and southeastern Kyūshū. The magnitude exceeded the 1854 Tōkai and Nankai earthquakes, supported by observations of uplift at Cape Muroto and tsunami records at distant locations like Nagasaki.
Sources
- 1707 Hōei earthquake Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-26
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