This earthquake is also called the Tensyo-jishin (Tensho earthquake) or Shirakawa Earthquake, and the epicenter of seismic activity was in what is now the Northwestern part of Gifu Prefecture, also the magnitude is estimated to have been 7.9 – 8.1 on the Richter scale.
この地震は天正地震、白川地震とも呼ばれ、震源地は現在の岐阜県北西部、マグニチュードは7.9-8.1と推定されている。