1804 Kisakata earthquake explained

Magnitude:	M7.0
Pre-1900:	yes
Location:	39.05°N 139.95°W^[1]
Casualties:	300–500 fatalities

The 1804 Kisakata earthquake struck Dewa Province, Japan on July 10, 1804 with a magnitude of 7.0.^{[2] [3] [4]} The earthquake killed approximately 300–500 people.^{[1] [5]} Nearby Mount Chokai erupted at about the same time as the earthquake.^[6] Lake Kisakata was uplifted by the earthquake, so Kisakata, featured in Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi, became new land and a swamp.^[7] A tsunami flooded 300 homes in Kisakata and Sakata.

See also

• Kisakata
• Mount Chokai

Notes and References

1. https://www.zisin.jp/publications/document05_04.html 日本付近の主な被害地震
2. Web site: 象潟地震 . 2023-04-07 . . ja.
3. Web site: 象潟地震 . 2023-04-07 . 災害カレンダー . ja.
4. Web site: きさかたじしん【象潟地震】 . 2023-04-07 . . ja.
5. 徳太郎 . 羽鳥 . 1986-08-04 . Investigations of the Seismic Intensity and Tsunami for the 1804 Kisakata Earthquake, the Japan Sea . 東京大學地震研究所彙報 = Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo . ja . 61 . 1 . 143–157 . 10.15083/0000032879.
6. Web site: 鳥海山 有史以降の火山活動 . 2023-04-07 . www.data.jma.go.jp . 気象庁.
7. Web site: 象潟 . 2023-04-07 . . ja.