Ōtsuchi

The sea invaded Ōtsuchi the same date and hour as it did 30 km to the north, in Kuwagasaki (p. 43, 72). The flooding damaged paddies, two houses, and two salt-evaporation kilns (p. 60). This damage, though small, was reported to Edo, perhaps to help justify financial relief from the Tokugawa shogunate (p. 61). An earthquake historian included this flooding in an earthquake catalog issued in 1943 (p. 62). The flooding in 1700 probably stopped short of Ōtsuchi’s main Edo-period street. The 1751 Chile tsunami reportedly crossed this street, but the 1960 Chile tsunami did not (p. 64). Because of