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Články z PhysOrgGeological evidence for past earthquakes in Tokyo region

31. 1 2012 (23:24)

In 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated the Tokyo area, resulting in more than 100,000 deaths. About 200 years earlier, in 1703, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck the same region, causing more than 10,000 deaths.