1952 Tokachi-oki Earthquake Collapsed Japan Refrigerated Icebreaking Tower in Kamaishi and cracks in the quay wall
At around 10:24 a.m. on April 4, an 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Hokkaido and Tohoku regions, and a tsunami reached the Kanto region. The tsunami left 28 people dead, 5 missing, 2,139 houses completely destroyed, and 91 houses swept away. The collapsed Japan Refrigerated Icebreaking Tower and cracks in the quay wall in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, March 4, 1952 (photo by Hagiwara head office correspondent).
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