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 One felt at Niko in the year 1682.

One felt at Diwa in the year 1693.

One felt throughout the 8 provinces surrounding Yedo. Walls of outside and inside moats of Castle of Yedo destroyed. Felt very severely at Odawara where many houses were destroyed and numbers of people killed. Tidal waves also broke along the coast at the same time and caused enormous destruction. The road leading through the Hakoné pass closed up by the alteration in the surface of the earth in the year 1702.

One severely felt in Yedo in the year 1715.

One felt throughout the 15 provinces surrounding Kioto—when many parts of the earth opened up—and enormous tidal waves occurred in the year 1716.

One felt severely in the neighbourhood of Fusiyama. At this time, which was on the 22nd of the 11th month, fire burst from a place called Moto hashiri kuchi at the base of Fusiyama—there was a fearful noise like thunder, and a black gritty sand was thrown into the air which caused darkness to come over the whole surrounding country. Even in Yedo lanterns were used in day time. During the night of the 22nd this continued, but on the morning of the 23rd the sky was seen. On the 25th darkness again came on, black sand fell like rain and it only cleared up again on the 28th. A small mountain rose up on the side of Fusiyama at this time which has been called Ho-yae-san from the period in which the occurrence took place which was in the year 1716.

One felt at Nagasaki when there were more than 80 shocks in one day and night in the year 1725.

One felt in the province of Echingo which occurred during a heavy storm of wind and rain. The Earth is said to have opened up and belched forth water so that the plains were like rivers, and men, horses, cattle and all animals in the neighbourhood were drowned in the year 1726.

Once felt at Kioto in the year 1750.

One felt in the province of Echingo when the earth trembled 30 times in 20 hours, a hill was cracked, the