Fusakichi Omori
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Fusakichi Omori was a pioneer Japanese seismologist, second chairman of seismology at Tokyo Imperial University and president of the Japanese Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee. Omori is also
Fusakichi Omori
Fusakichi Omori
1891 Mino–Owari earthquake
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The 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake struck the Japanese provinces of Mino and Owari in the Nōbi Plain in the early morning of October 28 with a surface-wave magnitude of 8.0 and moment magnitude of 7.5. Th
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…Bosch-Omori seismograph, now operating independently of the seismographic network, is exhibited at the Ferndale Museum (California). On 28 October 1891 Mino and Owari provinces were devastated by earthquakes; their fault lines were traced by Bunjiro Koto (1856–1935), another professor at Imperial University. He found…
Scarp at the Neodani Fault can be seen in the center of the picture
Damage caused by the earthquake
Gifu's Earthquake Memorial Hall is dedicated to the victims.
Damage from the Nōbi earthquake