Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
In Tokyo, the fires merged into a firestorm so intense that it created its own wind system and set alight the city’s many wooden buildings. In the second century CE, the Chinese scientist Zhang Heng developed an “earthquake weathercock.” The violent vertical thrusts of the quake ruptured gas lines and water mains.
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