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869 Jōgan earthquake

869 CE · Japan, Asia · Disaster

The 869 Jōgan earthquake and its associated tsunami struck the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu on 9 July 869. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of at least 8. 6 on the moment magnitude scale, but may have been as high as 9. 0, similar to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

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