The Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

The Great Kantō Earthquake was a megathrust earthquake that struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu at 11:58:32 JST on Saturday, 1 September 1923. It had an approximate magnitude of 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its epicenter located some 100 km (62 mi) southwest…