hondo-tsumani

On the 15th of June 1896 the main island of Japan known as Hondo was struck with a tsunami. It was caused by an earthquake out at sea. The earthquake was formed by two plates colliding 90 miles off shore. It took 35 minutes to reach the Japanese shore. The coast line for 175 miles was hit by this great wave. It was 125 feet high. The tsunami only lasted 30 minutes but had devastating results as it killed around 27000 people and left over 9000 houses in ruins. Unfortunately there was many people on the shore as they where celebrating the home-coming of their soldiers. It destroyed property worth over 6 million yen and it left acres and acres of land turned to waste.