1923 Great Kantō earthquake people in Tokyo and other areas, causing major tsunamis, and creating major firestorms. In the film adaptation of "Japan Sinks", "Nihon Chinbotsu", the Sagami Trough ruptures in a massive earthquake called "The Second Great Kanto Earthquake". In the manga (comic) adaptation of "Japan Sinks", the Second Kantō Earthquake killed over five million. In the historical fantasy novel "Teito Monogatari" (Hiroshi Aramata) a supernatural explanation is given for the cause of the Great Kantō earthquake, connecting it with the principles of feng shui. In Oswald Wynd's novel "The Ginger Tree", Mary Mackenzie survives the earthquake, and later bases her clothes designing
2011 Virginia earthquake 2011 Virginia earthquake On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia at 1:51:04 p.m. local time. The epicenter, in Louisa County, was northwest of Richmond and south-southwest of the town of Mineral. It was an intraplate earthquake with a maximum perceived intensity of VII ("Very strong") on the Mercalli intensity scale. Several aftershocks, ranging up to 4.5 in magnitude, occurred after the main tremor. The quake was felt across more than a dozen U.S. states and in several Canadian provinces, and was felt by more people than any other quake