1953 Shinko Earthquake

The 1953 Shinko Earthquake struck at 3:48 on 26 November local time (17:48 UTC on 25 November) with a magnitude of 7.96. The epicenter was on the Higashima Island in Shinko Prefecture, about 37 kilometres west of the city of Shinko. It one of the worst disaster hit Nakama as it affected one of the major city in Nakama, Shinko. 913 reported dead after this earthquake and 22,746 other injured.