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Wikipedia: The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes. The quake had a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale, with its focus deep beneath Izu Ōshima Island in Sagami Bay.
![[Desolation of Nihonbashi and Kanda seen from the Roof of Dai]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Desolution_of_Nihonbashi_and_Kanda_after_Kanto_Earthquake_s.jpg "Desolation of Nihonbashi and Kanda seen from the Roof of Dai")
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![[A view of the destruction in Yokohama]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kanto_daishinsai_s.jpg "A view of the destruction in Yokohama")
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![[Metropolitan Police Department burning at Marunouchi, near Hibiya Park.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Metropolitan_Police_Office_after_Kanto_Earthquake_s.jpg "Metropolitan Police Department burning at Marunouchi, near Hibiya Park.")
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![[Marunouchi in flames]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Marunouchi_after_the_Great_Kanto_Earthquake_s.jpg "Marunouchi in flames")
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