Kantō earthquakes

A Kantō earthquake (関東地震, kantō jishin) is a megathrust earthquake occurring in the Kantō region of Japan that originate from slippage in the Sagami Trough. Kantō earthquakes are thought to occur with a 200-year return period.

Only two earthquakes in the Kantō region are thought to be megathrust earthquakes:

1923 Great Kantō earthquake; most common usage
1703 Genroku earthquake

Other earthquakes in the Kantō region, which may or may not be due to slippage in the Sagami Trough:

The Ruijū Kokushi mentions an earthquake that struck the area in 818
1855 Edo earthquake

Earthquakes in Japan

Historical	869 Sanriku 1293 Kamakura 1498 Nankai 1605 Nankai 1611 Sanriku 1703 Genroku 1707 Hōei 1771 Great Yaeyama 1792 Unzen 1854 Nankai 1854 Tōkai 1855 Edo 1858 Hietsu 1889 Kumamoto 1891 Mino-Owari 1894 Tokyo 1896 Sanriku

20th century	1911 Kikai Island 1923 Great Kantō 1927 Kita Tango 1930 North Izu 1933 Sanriku 1936 Miyagi 1943 Tottori 1944 Tōnankai 1945 Mikawa 1946 Nankai 1948 Fukui 1952 Hokkaido 1963 Kuril Islands 1964 Niigata 1968 Hyūga-nada 1968 Tokachi 1974 Izu Peninsula 1978 Miyagi 1983 Sea of Japan 1984 Otaki 1993 Hokkaidō 1994 offshore Sanriku 1995 Hanshin 1998 Ryukyu Islands

21st century	2001 Geiyo 2003 Hokkaidō 2004 Chūetsu 2005 Fukuoka 2005 Miyagi 2006 Kuril Islands 2007 Chūetsu 2007 Kuril Islands 2007 Noto 2008 Iwate-Miyagi 2009 Izu Islands 2009 Shizuoka 2010 Bonin Islands 2011 Tōhoku April 2011 Fukushima April 2011 Miyagi 2012 Chiba 2012 Kamaishi

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Kantō earthquakes

See also