The Lunchtime Quake That Burned Tokyo to the Ground
On September 1, 1923, a magnitude-8 earthquake struck Japan just before lunch — but it was the fires, fanned by typhoon winds, that killed more than 100,000 people.
On September 1, 1923, a magnitude-8 earthquake struck Japan just before lunch — but it was the fires, fanned by typhoon winds, that killed more than 100,000 people.