The 1707 Hōei earthquake struck south-central Japan at 14: 00 local time on 28 October. It was the largest earthquake in Japanese history until surpassed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. The earthquake caused more than 5,000 casualties, destroyed 29,000 houses, and triggered at least one major landslide.
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The 1707 Hōei earthquake struck south-central Japan at 14: 00 local time on 28 October. It was the largest earthquake in Japanese history until surpassed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. It caused moderate to severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shikoku and southeastern Kyūshū. The earthquake caused more than 5,000 casualties, destroyed 29,000 houses, and triggered at least one major landslide, the Ohya slide in Shizuoka.
The event ruptured all of the segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously, the only earthquake known to have done this. It might also have triggered the last eruption of Mount Fuji 49 days later.
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