#kanto earthquake

Great Kantō Earthquake

On Saturday, September 1st, 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese island of Honshū. The quake devastated nearby Tokyo, toppling buildings and setting the city ablaze, killing approximately 100,000 people. 

This was the largest earthquake on Japanese record, and was only recently surpassed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.