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On 8 August 2024, at 16:42:55 JST (07:42 UTC), a M w 7.1 earthquake struck in the Hyūga Sea off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Nichinan. [ 2 ] Tectonic setting
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Japanese: 令和6年能登半島地震, Hepburn: Reiwa 6-nen Noto-hantō Jishin). [6] It led to Japan's first major tsunami warning since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake , [ 7 ] and a tsunami of 6.58 m (22 ft) was measured along the Sea of ...
August 9, 2024 at 8:02 PM. The Summary. ... That megathrust earthquake caused a tsunami off Japan’s eastern coast. More than 18,000 people died in the tsunami and earthquake, ...
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan's Miyazaki prefecture on August 8, 2024 ... A tsunami warning was issued after the quake. “Anyone in the sea should get out of the ...
A powerful earthquake hits off southern Japan; tsunami advisory issued. August 8, 2024 at 4:03 AM. ... An earthquake on Jan. 1 in Japan's north-central region of Noto left more than 240 people dead.
A study by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers in 2018 estimated that the long-term damage from the earthquake could result in 1,240 trillion yen in economic losses over a 20-year period. [11] It is predicted that the economic damage is likely to be 10 times higher than for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [12]
The agency said tsunami waves of up to 50 centimeters (1.6 feet) were detected along parts of Kyushu's southern coast and the nearby island of Shikoku about a half hour after the quake struck.
Aftershocks. >300 (as of 21 October 2023) Largest is Mw 5.6 [ 3][ 4] Casualties. 1 dead, 49 injured. On 5 May 2023, a M JMA 6.5 or M w 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. [ 5][ 6] It was located 49 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of Anamizu, Hōsu District, with the town of Suzu closest to the epicenter.