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Reverse fault responsible for 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Japan. 10:00, Maroosha Muzaffar. The fault responsible for the devastating earthquake in Japan on New Year’s Day might extend ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) initially issued a major tsunami warning - its first since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck northeast Japan killing nearly 20,000 people ...
A magnitude-5.3 earthquake hit Tokyo and surrounding areas on Friday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, a day after the government issued a first-ever advisory about the risk of a huge ...
2023 Noto earthquake. / 37.548; 137.299. 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. [ 6]
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 Japan ...
August 8, 2024 at 4:12 PM. TOKYO — A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Nine ...
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes were about 140 km (87 mi) northwest of the 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake and were caused by a similar subduction zone. [2] About 2 km (1.2 mi) beneath the seafloor, low-frequency earthquakes , occur near the shallow subduction interface.
A powerful earthquake that hit Japan on New Year's Day killed at least 55 people, with rescue teams struggling in freezing temperatures on Tuesday to reach coastal areas where many are feared ...