Lingaku- great earthquake (disaster)
- Great Kanto earthquake of 1923abbreviationsee also 関東大震災
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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My parents and little brother, who lived in the suburbs of Tokyo, died in the big earthquake.
In the Hanshin earthquake, the ground shook for a long time.
3. きしょうちょう気象庁は、ひがしにほんだいしんさい東日本大震災のまぐにちゅうどマグニチュードをはち．はち８．８から、せかい世界かんそく観測しじょうさいだい史上最大きゅう級のめえとるＭきゅう．れい９．０にしゅうせい修正した。
The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of the eastern Japan quake from 8.8 to 9.0, the largest recorded in world history.
Japan has had the experience of being hit by major earthquake disasters, since it is a country which has historically had many earthquakes.
During the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the height of the tsunami waves reached up to 37.9 meters.
Since a large area was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, a sustained help effort is sought.