on September 1st, 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake struck japan. Near oshima Island in sagama bay was where the epicenter of the earthquake was located. On the Richter scale, the earthquake measured 8.2, but the devastation it caused was much worse.
The earthquake started fires when it started to overturn cooking stoves in homes. a tsunami had been formed by the earthquake, and hit japan at about 40 feet tall. In the end, the Great Kanto Earthquake took the lives of about 130,000 people, and left 60% of Tokyo's people homeless.
The earthquake started fires when it started to overturn cooking stoves in homes. a tsunami had been formed by the earthquake, and hit japan at about 40 feet tall. In the end, the Great Kanto Earthquake took the lives of about 130,000 people, and left 60% of Tokyo's people homeless.