202 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1945 



Table 1. — Destructive Japanese earthquakes, 1596-1943 



' Effect* not separated from No 34. 



1 Unknown. 



(Explanation: Latitude and longitude are onlyf or the purpose of finding epicenter in fig. 4. Number of 

 houses destroyed and deaths include those by earthquake and those by fire and tsunami due to earthquake. 

 Names of provinces into which Japan was long divided are in capitals and small capitals, and their locality 

 is obtained from fig. 1. Names ending in -aido refer to ancient circuits or groups of provinces, the names 

 Indicating direction from Kyoto, the ancient capital. T = tsunami.) 



Four earthquakes are added to bring the list up to date. This 

 limited selection might lead to the conclusion that there are no earth- 

 quakes in other areas, but such is not the case. If we accept the figures 



