1891 Mino–Owari earthquake

The 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake (美濃・尾張地震, Mino-Owari Jishin) struck the <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japanese</a> provinces of <a href="/facts/Mino_Province/tHF7jSR9">Mino</a> and <a href="/facts/Owari_Province/wwJq0nlY">Owari</a> (present-day <a href="/facts/Gifu_Prefecture/3IRVpFjh">Gifu Prefecture</a>) in the <a href="/facts/N%C5%8Dbi_Plain/4yY7bBVq">Nōbi Plain</a> in the early morning of October 28 with a <a href="/facts/Surface-wave_magnitude/Ut19v88V">surface-wave magnitude</a> of 8.0 and <a href="/facts/Moment_magnitude/jLCldUuF">moment magnitude</a> of 7.5. The event, also referred to as the Nōbi earthquake (濃尾地震, Nōbi Jishin), the Great Gifu earthquake (岐阜大地震, Gifu Daijishin), or the Great Nōbi earthquake (濃尾大地震, Nōbi Daijishin), is the largest known inland <a href="/facts/Earthquake/NGjIzagw">earthquake</a> to have occurred in the <a href="/facts/Japanese_archipelago/zvCaDa4M">Japanese archipelago</a>.
The earthquake came at a <a href="/facts/Meiji_(era)/Ajr5VCQ5">time when Japan was undergoing a transformation</a> into a more industrial nation and while advancing its scientific understanding in many fields. Damage from the event was widespread and the loss of life was significant. The many kilometers of visible fault breaks on the surface of the Earth presented scientists with opportunities for field investigations that ultimately led to an improved understanding of the <a href="/facts/Fault_scarp/e1nmJdbI">fault scarps</a> that earthquakes often generate.

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1891 Mino–Owari earthquake