An 8.1 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub id="mwyA">w</sub></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Nankai_earthquake" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1946 Nankai earthquake">earthquake</a> and subsequent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankaidō" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nankaidō">Nankaidō</a>, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.