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    1707 Hōei earthquake (Japanese: 宝永地震, Hōei jishin) struck south-central Japan at around 13:45 local time on 28 October. It was the largest earthquake...
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    that the Hōei eruption was caused by two earthquakes, namely the 1703 Genroku earthquake and the 1707 Hōei earthquake. The Genroku earthquake was a magnitude...
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    In one recorded case (the 1707 Hōei earthquake) the fault ruptured along its entire length. All of these great earthquakes have resulted in damaging tsunamis...
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    doi:10.3724/SP.J.1246.2014.01034. "M 9.3Re-evaluation of Mw of the 1707 Hoei earthquake – near the east coast of Honshu, Japan" (PDF). AIST. H. Ringer; J...
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    Nakamikado (中御門天皇). Hōei comes from the Old Book of Tang (寶祚惟永、暉光日新). 1704 Hōei gannen (宝永元年): In reaction to the Great Genroku earthquake in Genroku 16, the...
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  • Megathrust earthquakes on this structure tend to occur in pairs, with a relatively short time gap between them although in the 1707 Hōei earthquake all segments...
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    Megathrust earthquakes are large seismic events that take place along convergent plate boundaries, particularly at subduction zones. Examples of subduction...
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    than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified...
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    Japanese Earthquakes. Following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee was superseded by the Earthquake Research...
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  • Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred...
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