Today' in 1946 an 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent 'tsunami ' in 'Nankaido' japen ,kills over 1,300 people and destroy over 38,000 Homes....


Nankai Earthquake :-

The 1946 'Nankai earthquake ' was a great earthquake in  'Nankaido, japan'. it occurred on December 21, 1946 at 04:19 JST (December 21, 19:19 UTC) .The earthquake measured between
8:1 and 8:4 on the 'moment magnitude scale' and was felt occurred Norther 'Honshu' to 'Kyushu'
.It occurred almost two years after the 1944 ' Tonankai earthquake ' ,which ruptured the adjacent 
part of the Nankai megathrust...

The earthquake caused extensive damage eventually destroying 36,000 Home in southern Honshu
alone The earthquake also caused a huge tsunami that took out another 2,100 homes with its 5-6 metre (16-20 foot) Waves...



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