This September marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (Taisho 12), which killed more than 100,000 people.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has launched a new website that summarizes materials such as photos and data that convey the damage at that time, and will be used for future disaster prevention.

On September 1, 1923, an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 occurred with its epicenter in the western part of Kanagawa Prefecture. Over 100,000 people were killed.



In line with the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency has launched and released a special website.



Among them, 23 photographs of the damage situation taken in Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture by the staff of the Japan Meteorological Agency at that time are posted.



A photograph taken in front of Tokyo Station in the direction of Nihonbashi shows that the entire area has been burned to the ground, as well as the damage to a temple in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the coast of Shizuoka Prefecture, where a tsunami several meters in height surged. You can see how it looks from the photos.



In addition, on the site, you can see that the shaking of the earthquake was observed in a wide area from Hokkaido to Shikoku and Chugoku, and the waveform record of the seismometer observed at that time.



In addition, the features of earthquakes that occur in the Kanto region and the history of past occurrences are explained graphically, and links to detailed materials are also introduced.



In the future, the Japan Meteorological Agency will update the phenomenon called "fire whirlwind" that occurred with the fire of the Great Kanto Earthquake and caused many victims, and the weather conditions at that time.



The Japan Meteorological Agency said, ``We want you to learn about the scale of the damage caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake, and use it as an opportunity to learn about disaster prevention and discuss it at home in order to prepare for a large-scale earthquake.''

Meteorological Agency "100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake" special site

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