The 1872 Hamada earthquake (Japanese: 浜田地震) was an earthquake that occurred on March 14, 1872 (the sixth day of the second month of Meiji 5 in the old Japanese calendar), off the coast of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture in Japan. This quake occurred at 16:40 local time.
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