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Disasters with highest death tolls

1498 Meiō Nankaidō Earthquake

Monday Sep 19, 1498 at 11:00:00 PM
Japan

The 1498 Nankai earthquake (明応地震 Meiō Jishin) occurred off the coast of Nankaidō, Japan, at about 08:00 local time on 20 September 1498. It had a magnitude estimated at 8.6 Ms and triggered a large tsunami. The death toll associated with this event is uncertain, but between 5,000 and 41,000 casualties were reported.


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