1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami

1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami
Local date	April 24, 1771
Local time	~8 A.M.
Magnitude	7.4 Ms
Epicenter	24°00′N 124°18′E / 24.0°N 124.3°E
Areas affected	Ryūkyū Kingdom: Ryukyu Islands
Tsunami	Yes
Casualties	13,486 deaths
	The Yaeyama Great Earthquake

The 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami (also called 明和の大津波, the Great Tsunami of Meiwa) was caused by the Yaeyama Great Earthquake at about 8 A.M. on April 24, 1771, south-southeast of Ishigaki Island, part of the former Ryūkyū Kingdom and now part of present-day Okinawa, Japan. According to records, 8,439 people were killed on Ishigaki Island and 2,548 on Miyako Island.

Sawada beach on Shimoji island. The rocks are believed to be remnants of the tsunami

^ ^a ^b National Geophysical Data Center. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[NGDC-1] National Geophysical Data Center. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". Retrieved 22 July 2011.

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Local date	April 24, 1771 (1771-04-24)
Local time	~8 A.M.
Magnitude	7.4 M_s^[1]
Epicenter	24°00′N 124°18′E / 24.0°N 124.3°E / 24.0; 124.3
Areas affected	Ryūkyū Kingdom: Ryukyu Islands
Tsunami	Yes
Casualties	13,486 deaths^[1]
The Yaeyama Great Earthquake