TOKYO -- Tokyo marked the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake on Friday. The earthquake that hit central Tokyo at 11:58 a.m. on Sept. 1, 1923, registered magnitude 7.9. Fires triggered by the quake were initially localized. How did they turn into infernos that burned down 40% of the Japanese capital?
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Infographic: How fires spread across Tokyo after quake 100 years ago
Japanese capital marks anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake
Fires caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 burned down 40% of the Japanese capital.
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