Magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Japan: Zenkoji, Nagano · about 12,000 deaths
Natural disaster
1847 Zenkoji earthquake
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Japan: Zenkoji, Nagano · about 12,000 deaths
- 8 May 1847
- East Asia
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