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2021 Fukushima earthquake. / 37.720; 141.762. Multiple. The largest is an Mw 6.0. An intense and deadly seismic event struck offshore east of Tōhoku, Japan. The M JMA 7.3 or M w 7.1 earthquake occurred on a Saturday night at 23:07 JST (14:07 UTC) on 13 February at a focal depth of 44.0 kilometers (27.3 mi). [6]
The 2003 Hokkaidō earthquake, scientifically named the 2003 Tokachi-Oki earthquake (十勝沖地震, 2003 Tokachi-Oki Jishin), occurred off the coast of Hokkaidō, Japan on 26 September at 04:50 local time (19:50 UTC 25 September). At a focal depth of 27 km (17 mi), this great undersea earthquake measured 8.3 on the moment magnitude scale ...
On 11 March 2011, at 14:46 JST(05:46 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1 underseamegathrust earthquakeoccurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsulaof the Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake"(東日本大震災, Higashi nihon ...
Japan earthquake: Passengers run for cover as train station shakes and water pours through ceiling. 09:15, Maroosha Muzaffar. Seismology experts caught off guard over intensity of 1 January earthquake
Aerial footage captured in Japan shows widespread devastation in Ishikawa prefecture after a series of strong earthquakes on New Year's Day. Aftershocks shook the region and nearby areas a day ...
Casualties. 4 dead, 434 injured. On 18 June 2018, around 7:58:35 a.m. Japan Standard Time, an earthquake measuring 5.6 M w on the moment magnitude scale (preliminary 5.5 M w) struck in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake's epicenter was near Takatsuki and occurred at a depth of approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi).
March 11, 2013. ( 2013-03-11) Running time. 90 minutes. Countries. Japan, USA. Language. English/Japanese. 3.11: Surviving Japan is a documentary film about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan written and directed by volunteer and resident Christopher Noland.
List of earthquakes in Japan. Earthquakes M5.5+ around Japan (1900–2016) M7.0–7.9=163 EQs, M8.0+=14 EQs. [ 1] This is a list of earthquakes in Japan with either a magnitude greater than or equal to 7.0 or which caused significant damage or casualties. As indicated below, magnitude is measured on the Richter magnitude scale ( ML) or the ...