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Earthquake A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.
The earthquake) was a powerful magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred 10:13 a.m. local time (01:13 UTC) on July 16, 2007, in the northwest Niigata region of Japan. Eleven deaths and at least 1,000 injuries have been reported, and 342 buildings were completely destroyed, mostly older wooden structures. June 14, 2008: 6.9 M w: 12
The largest megathrust event within the last 20 years was the magnitude 9.0–9.1 Tōhoku earthquake along the Japan Trench megathrust. In North America, the Juan de Fuca Plate subducts under the North American Plate, creating the Cascadia subduction zone from mid Vancouver Island, British Columbia down to Northern California.
Following are some major Japanese quakes in the last 30 years: - On Jan. 16, 1995, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit central Japan, devastating the western port city of Kobe. The worst ...
281 1,322 1 Japan, Ishikawa, 8 km (5.0 mi) southwest of Anamizu 6.2 10.0 VII Aftershock of the 7.5 earthquake nine minutes prior. - - 1 Indonesia, West Java, 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Lembang
Coordinates: 37°25′17″N 141°1′57″E. Fukushima nuclear accident. Part of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The four damaged reactor buildings (from left: Units 4, 3, 2, and 1) on 16 March 2011. Hydrogen-air explosions in Units 1, 3, and 4 caused structural damage. [1] Date.
The 1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. The megathrust earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate from mid- Vancouver Island, south along the Pacific Northwest coast as far as northern California. The plate slipped an average of 20 meters (66 ...
The Tōkai earthquakes ( Japanese: 東海地震) are major earthquakes that have occurred regularly with a return period of 100 to 150 years in the Tōkai region of Japan. The Tōkai segment has been struck by earthquakes in 1498, 1605, 1707, and 1854. [1] Given the historic regularity of these earthquakes, Kiyoo Mogi in 1969 pointed out that ...