1293 Kamakura earthquake

1293 Kamakura earthquake
Date May 27, 1293 (1293-05-27)
Magnitude 7.1
Countries or regions  Japan, Kamakura
Tsunami yes
Casualties 23,024[1]

The 1293 Kamakura earthquake in Japan occurred at about 06:00 local time on 27 May, 1293.[2] It had an estimated magnitude of 7.1–7.5[3] and triggered a tsunami. The estimated death toll was 23,024.[1] It was Kamakura period in Japan, and serious damage was occurred in Kamakura. In the confusions after quake, Hōjō Sadatoki, the Shikken of the Kamakura Shogunate made a purge against his real powered subordinate, Taira no Yoritsuna. It has been suggested that the reference to a large tsunami is incorrect,[4] although a tsunami deposit has been found that is consistent with this age.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b NGDC. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=494&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Usami, T. (1979). "Study of historical earthquakes in Japan". Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute 54: 399–439. http://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2261/12734/1/ji0543001.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 
  3. ^ IISEE. "Search parameters page". Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (from ancient times through June, 2009). http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/utsuweq_bak_eng.html. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 
  4. ^ NGDC. "Comments for the Tsunami Event". http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=494&t=101650&s=18&d=99,91,95,93&nd=display. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 
  5. ^ Haeing Yoong, K. (2010). "Past three Kanto earthquakes inferred from the tsunami deposits survey in the southern Miura Peninsula, Central Japan". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 42. p. 106. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_180689.htm. Retrieved 31 October 2010.