关东地震

關東地震

Guāndōngdìzhèn

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Meanings

1 Great Kantō earthquake
2 the 1923 Kantō earthquake (magnitude 7.9, killed ~140,000 in the Tokyo area)

Characters

to shake; quake

Examples

1923年的关东地震是日本现代史上最严重的灾难之一。

Yī jiǔ èr sān nián de Guāndōngdìzhèn shì Rìběn xiàndài shǐ shàng zuì yánzhòng de zāinàn zhī yī.

The 1923 Kantō earthquake was one of the worst disasters in modern Japanese history.

关东地震引发了大火，烧毁了东京的大部分地区。

Guāndōngdìzhèn yǐnfā le dàhuǒ, shāohuǐ le Dōngjīng de dà bùfèn dìqū.

The Kantō earthquake triggered fires that destroyed most of Tokyo.

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history

Struck on 1 September 1923 at 11:58, just before lunchtime — overturned charcoal stoves caused city-wide firestorms that killed more people than the shaking itself. September 1 is now Japan's annual 防災の日 (Disaster Prevention Day).

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