How many people were killed in the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923?

Answer 1

The effects of the Great Kanto Earthquake were mainly the fires. These were so bad because at the time of the earthquake (11:58 am) the Japanese people were cooking lunch at their stoves. Consequently, when the earthquake struck, the gas stoves exploded and the fires spread rapidly. Other effects include houses and buildings falling down, roads and bridges being damaged and thousands of people dying

Answer 2

There was a lot of damage created in the Tokoyo 1923 earthquake

Because the earthquake struck at lunchtime when many people were using fire to cook food, the damage and the number of fatalities were augmented due to fires which broke out in numerous locations. The fires spread rapidly due to high winds from a nearby typhoon off the coast of Noto Peninsula in Northern Japan and some developed into firestorms which swept across cities. This caused many to die when their feet got stuck in melting tarmac; however, the single greatest loss of life occurred when approximately 38,000 people packed into an open space at the Rikugun Honjo Hifukusho (Former Army Clothing Depot) in downtown Tokyo were incinerated by a firestorm-induced fire whirl. As the earthquake had caused water mains to break, putting out the fires took nearly two full days until late in the morning of September 3. The fires were the biggest causes of death.

Answer 3

It is estimated that between 100,000 to 142,000 deaths occurred as a result of the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. This figure includes around 40,000 missing. It also includes the figure of some 38,000 people who were engulfed by a firestorm in the aftermath of the quake when they were packed into an open space at an army clothing depot in Tokyo.

Answer 4

The damage bill for the Great kanto earthquake of 1923 is estimated to have exceeded one billion US dollars in values of the time.

Answer 5

It took about 250000000 to repair Italy

Answer 6

about 60 millon