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 earth opened and 16,300 lives were lost in the year 1750.

One felt at Awomori when the falling houses took fire and caused the death of a great many people in the year 1765.

One felt in Yedo in the year 1770.

One felt in Yedo during the same year 1770.

One felt in Yedo in the year 1782.

Frequent severe earthquakes in Yedo in the year 1789.

One felt at Diwa when both the hills and the plains were cracked and the earth opened up in the year 1803.

One felt in the Island of Sado when there were cunstant shocks for 19 days from the 1st of the 1st month to the 18th of the 6th month in the year 1809.

One felt in the vicinity of Yedo, but worst at Kanagawa and Hodongaya, where many houses were destroyed in the year 1811.

One felt in the district of Kioto in the year 1818.

One felt in Oshiu in Yezo when the earth shook more than 150 times in the year 1821.

Frequent severe earthquakes at Yedo in spring time in the year 1824.

Frequent severe earthquakes at Yedo in autumn of same year 1824.

One felt in the province of Echingo in the year 1827.

One felt at Kioto when the Mikado’s residence, many of the temples and the Castle of Nijo were destroyed. The earthquakes commenced on the 2nd of the 7th month, they partially discontinued on the 20th of the 8th month, but were not entirely quiet until the following year, in the year 1829.

One felt in the vicinity of Fusiyama in the year 1833.

One felt in Sendai when the castle was destroyed and great destruction was caused by tidal waves in the year 1833.

One felt in the province of Shinano which destroyed many temples and houses numbering in all about 5,000—700 people were killed und 1,460 wounded. The earth opened and swallowed 16 houses—in the year 1846.

One felt at Kioto and Osaka—in the year 1851.