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Monday, April 11, 2011

Great Kanto Earthquake | Tsunami Earthquake Photographs of Japan 1923

77 years ago, precisely date 1 September 1923 one of the worst earthquake in human history (ranked 3rd in the Great Earthquake) struck the Kanto plain and destroyed Tokyo, Yokohama and Surrounding Areas.

Rocked by an earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter Scale and the tsunami waves as high as 11 meters. Most damage comes from the great earthquake and fire that burned thousands of buildings destroyed two thirds of the city. Recorded about 143 000 people were killed in the Japanese Tsunami Earthquake disaster. These old photographs clearly depict the destruction of a city.

Each year, the Great Kanto 1923, the nickname for the catastrophic earthquake that accompanied Japan's tsunami, is celebrated to commemorate the victims. 

PHOTOS?? See on...this link ^_^
http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=7769990



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