Disasters with highest death tolls - 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake
Time: Tuesday Sep 11, 1923 at 02:58:00 AM
Place: Japan
Details: The Great Kantō earthquake (関東大地震 Kantō dai-jishin) struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. Estimated casualties totaled about 142,800 deaths, including about 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.
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