Date in year · 1944 · The 1940s
On December 7, 1944, an earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people. Kathy Acker, Philip Jackson, James Heckman would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · December 7, 1944
The 1944 Tōnankai earthquake occurred at 13:35 local time on 7 December. 1 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of greater than 5 Shindo. It triggered a large tsunami that caused serious damage along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture and the Tōkai region.
Around 1944
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
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Earthquake and tsunami affecting southern Japan
The 1944 Tōnankai earthquake occurred at 13:35 local time on 7 December. 1 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of greater than 5 Shindo. It triggered a large tsunami that caused serious damage along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture and the Tōkai region.
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