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*''Date: [[1896]]/6/15''<ref>Date in UTC. May have been June 16 Japan Time.</ref>
*''Earthquake Magnitude: 8.5''
*''Death Toll: over 27,000''
On June 15, 1896, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck off the coast of the [[Sanriku region]] (eastern [[Iwate prefecture|Iwate]], [[Miyagi prefecture|Miyagi]], and [[Aomori prefecture|Aomori]]).
The resulting tsunami was 125.3 feet high in some places, a record height until the 11 March 2011 tsunami, which reached 127.6 feet high in the town of Aneyoshi, in Iwate prefecture. One hundred seventy miles of coastline were destroyed.
The tsunami reached Hawaii and California as well, destroying wharves and sweeping away a small number of houses in the Hawaiian Islands, and reaching a height of 9.5 feet in some places in California.
==References==
*Fackler, Martin. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/asia/21stones.html Aneyoshi Journal: Tsunami Warnings Written in Stone]." ''New York Times'', 20 April 2011. Accessed 20 April 2011.
*"[http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1896_06_15.php Historic Earthquakes]." United States Geological Survey. Accessed 20 April 2011.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Natural Disasters]]
*''Earthquake Magnitude: 8.5''
*''Death Toll: over 27,000''
On June 15, 1896, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck off the coast of the [[Sanriku region]] (eastern [[Iwate prefecture|Iwate]], [[Miyagi prefecture|Miyagi]], and [[Aomori prefecture|Aomori]]).
The resulting tsunami was 125.3 feet high in some places, a record height until the 11 March 2011 tsunami, which reached 127.6 feet high in the town of Aneyoshi, in Iwate prefecture. One hundred seventy miles of coastline were destroyed.
The tsunami reached Hawaii and California as well, destroying wharves and sweeping away a small number of houses in the Hawaiian Islands, and reaching a height of 9.5 feet in some places in California.
==References==
*Fackler, Martin. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/asia/21stones.html Aneyoshi Journal: Tsunami Warnings Written in Stone]." ''New York Times'', 20 April 2011. Accessed 20 April 2011.
*"[http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1896_06_15.php Historic Earthquakes]." United States Geological Survey. Accessed 20 April 2011.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Natural Disasters]]