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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Bullseye1.png/75px-Bullseye1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Bullseye1.png/100px-Bullseye1.png 2x" data-file-width="1610" data-file-height="1610" /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local date</th><td class="infobox-data">April 24, 1771<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1771-04-24</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local time</th><td class="infobox-data">~8 A.M.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Magnitude</th><td class="infobox-data">7.4 <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Ms" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000003-QINU`"'</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Surface-wave mag.">M<sub>s</sub></span></a><sup id="cite_ref-NGDC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGDC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Epicenter</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=1771_Great_Yaeyama_Tsunami&params=24_N_124.3_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">24°00′N</span> <span class="longitude">124°18′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">24.0°N 124.3°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">24.0; 124.3</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABky%C5%AB_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryūkyū Kingdom">Ryūkyū Kingdom</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands" title="Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tsunami</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Casualties</th><td class="infobox-data">13,486 deaths<sup id="cite_ref-NGDC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGDC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">The Yaeyama Great Earthquake</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami</b> (also called 明和の大津波, the Great Tsunami of Meiwa) was caused by the <b>Yaeyama Great Earthquake</b> at about 8 A.M. on April 24, 1771, south-southeast of <a href="/wiki/Ishigaki_Island" title="Ishigaki Island">Ishigaki Island</a>, part of the former <a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABky%C5%AB_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryūkyū Kingdom">Ryūkyū Kingdom</a> and now part of present-day <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a>, Japan. According to records, 8,439 people were killed on <a href="/wiki/Ishigaki_Island" title="Ishigaki Island">Ishigaki</a> Island and 2,548 on <a href="/wiki/Miyakojima" class="mw-redirect" title="Miyakojima">Miyako</a> Island. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shimoji_obiiwa1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Shimoji_obiiwa1.jpg/240px-Shimoji_obiiwa1.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Shimoji_obiiwa1.jpg/360px-Shimoji_obiiwa1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Shimoji_obiiwa1.jpg/480px-Shimoji_obiiwa1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Obi Rock on Shimoji island, Miyakojima. The rock is said to have been left by the tsunami.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sawadanohama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sawadanohama.jpg/180px-Sawadanohama.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sawadanohama.jpg/270px-Sawadanohama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sawadanohama.jpg/360px-Sawadanohama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Sawada beach on Shimoji island. The rocks are believed to be remnants of the tsunami</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earthquake_analysis">Earthquake analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1771_Great_Yaeyama_Tsunami&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Earthquake analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Japanese government publication <i>Rika-Nenpyō</i> (<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%86%E7%A7%91%E5%B9%B4%E8%A1%A8" class="extiw" title="ja:理科年表">理科年表</a>) or <i>Chronological Scientific Tables</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the epicenter was 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-southeast of <a href="/wiki/Ishigaki_Island" title="Ishigaki Island">Ishigaki Island</a> with a magnitude of 7.4. According to the Mamoru Nakamura Laboratory, University of the Ryukyus, the earthquake was due to the activity of the <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">fault</a> east of <a href="/wiki/Ishigaki_Island" title="Ishigaki Island">Ishigaki</a> and it is estimated that the magnitude was 7.5.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nakamura_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nakamura-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further simulation led to the activity of <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">faults</a> in the Ryukyu <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_trench" title="Oceanic trench">oceanic trench</a> and the magnitude was 8.0. Also, there is a hypothesis that claims the magnitude was 8.5.<sup id="cite_ref-Abe1999_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abe1999-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abe_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abe-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The depth was 6 kilometres (3.7 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This trench lies between the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea_plate" title="Philippine Sea plate">Philippine Sea plate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_plate" title="Eurasian plate">Eurasian plate</a>. The disparity in the amount of recorded shaking (maximum 4 <a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_seismic_intensity_scale" title="Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale">JMA</a>) and the size of the tsunami has led to the interpretation of this event as a <a href="/wiki/Tsunami_earthquake" title="Tsunami earthquake">tsunami earthquake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nakamura_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nakamura-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Damage">Damage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1771_Great_Yaeyama_Tsunami&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Damage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Earthquake">Earthquake</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1771_Great_Yaeyama_Tsunami&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Earthquake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is considered that the earthquake registered an intensity of 4 (on the Japanese scale) in the <a href="/wiki/Yaeyama_Islands" title="Yaeyama Islands">Yaeyama Islands</a>, and the damage by the earthquake itself was not as serious as the ensuing tsunami. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tsunami">Tsunami</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1771_Great_Yaeyama_Tsunami&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tsunami"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dead and missing amounted to 12,000 people, and more than 2,000 houses were destroyed on <a href="/wiki/Ishigaki_Island" title="Ishigaki Island">Ishigaki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miyakojima" class="mw-redirect" title="Miyakojima">Miyakojima</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been estimated local agriculture was severely damaged because of sea water invasion and the population decreased to about one third of what it was before the earthquake. On Ishigaki island, the <a href="/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">run-up</a> was first estimated around 40 to 80 meters high from historical documents. However, taking into account the rough precision of the measuring instruments at this time and considering geomorphological parameters, the maximal run-up has been re-estimated to ~30m.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the tsunami, the damage it caused was such that it led to a famine that lasted for 80 years.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boulders">Boulders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1771_Great_Yaeyama_Tsunami&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Boulders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ishigaki_takakoruse_ishi_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ishigaki_takakoruse_ishi_2.jpg/220px-Ishigaki_takakoruse_ishi_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ishigaki_takakoruse_ishi_2.jpg/330px-Ishigaki_takakoruse_ishi_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ishigaki_takakoruse_ishi_2.jpg/440px-Ishigaki_takakoruse_ishi_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Ishigaki takakoruse ishi, boulder dragged on land by the tsunami. It was moved approximately on 55m.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>There are many huge boulders on the coasts of the Yaeyema and Miyako islands that are believed to have been deposited by <a href="/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunamis</a>. There was a legend that an <a href="/wiki/Islet" title="Islet">islet</a> disappeared, but this has never been verified. This set of rocks are called the <i>Ishigaki East Coast Tsunami Rocks</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among them, Yasura-ufukane, Amatariya–Suuari and Taka-koru sishi have been dragged by the 1771 Meiwa tsunami.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1771_Great_Yaeyama_Tsunami&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1741_eruption_of_Oshima%E2%80%93%C5%8Cshima_and_the_Kampo_tsunami" title="1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami">1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1792_Unzen_earthquake_and_tsunami" class="mw-redirect" title="1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami">1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan" title="List of earthquakes in Japan">List of earthquakes in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_earthquakes" title="List of historical earthquakes">List of historical earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tsunamis" title="List of tsunamis">List of tsunamis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1771_Great_Yaeyama_Tsunami&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NGDC-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NGDC_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NGDC_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=1405&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display">"Comments for the Significant Earthquake"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Geophysical_Data_Center" title="National Geophysical Data Center">National Geophysical Data Center</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="2007 Noto earthquake">2007 Noto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake" title="2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake">2008 Iwate–Miyagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2008_Iwate_earthquake" title="July 2008 Iwate earthquake">2008 Iwate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Shizuoka_earthquake" title="2009 Shizuoka earthquake">2009 Shizuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">2011 Tōhoku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nagano_earthquake" title="2011 Nagano earthquake">2011 Nagano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Shizuoka_earthquake" title="2011 Shizuoka earthquake">2011 Shizuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2011_Miyagi_earthquake" title="April 2011 Miyagi earthquake">2011 Miyagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2011_Fukushima_earthquake" title="April 2011 Fukushima earthquake">2011 Fukushima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Chiba_earthquake" title="2012 Chiba 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