The 7.8 <span about="#mwt104" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAU4" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt104">w</sub><span about="#mwt104" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt104" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAU8" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Sea_of_Japan_earthquake" id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1983 Sea of Japan earthquake">Sea of Japan earthquake</a> shakes northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Honshu">Honshu</a> with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of VIII (<i id="mwAVM">Severe</i>). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.<sup about="#mwt108" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_26#cite_note-19" id="mwAVQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVU">[19]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"><cite about="#mwt105" class="citation book cs1" id="mwBzc"><a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5ZNAQAAIAAJ" id="mwBzg" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBzk">Tsunami Newsletter</i></a>. International Tsunami Information Center. 1985. p.<span id="mwBzo" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>35.</cite><span about="#mwt105" class="Z3988" id="mwBzs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Tsunami+Newsletter&amp;rft.pages=35&amp;rft.pub=International+Tsunami+Information+Center&amp;rft.date=1985&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQ5ZNAQAAIAAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+26"></span></span>