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  2. List of earthquakes in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The earthquake [62]) was a powerful magnitude 6.6 earthquake [63] [64] that occurred 10:13 a.m. local time (01:13 UTC) on July 16, 2007, in the northwest Niigata region of Japan. [63] Eleven deaths and at least 1,000 injuries have been reported, and 342 buildings were completely destroyed, mostly older wooden structures.

  3. 2024 Noto earthquake - Wikipedia

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    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 7.45 m (24 ft) was measured along the Sea of ...

  4. Natural disasters in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan has had a long history of earthquake catastrophes and seismic activity, the most deadly of which was the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. In the 21st century, the most severe earthquake that occurred was the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Firefighters attempting to stop a fire after the Great Hanshin earthquake

  5. Japan reports dozens of fatalities after series of strong ...

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    Japan issued a Tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan on New Year's Day. ... include snow Tuesday in this region some 325 miles west of Tokyo, and the fact ...

  6. Can heavy snowfall trigger earthquakes? A new study ... - AOL

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    The study evaluated thousands of earthquakes on Japan’s Noto Peninsula, which is located about 190 miles northwest of Tokyo on the Sea of Japan. In 2021, after a heavy snow, the rate of ...

  7. Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale

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    For example, the 1984 Nagano earthquake, which caused a lot of damage but was only rated as a 4 in terms of seismic intensity, and the 1946 Nankai earthquake, a huge earthquake that was rated as a 5, would have been given lower ratings if there weren't any monitoring stations near their origin points before 1995. After the increase in ...

  8. Factbox-Major earthquakes in Japan since Kobe disaster of 1995

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    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.

  9. 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a 'Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information' advisory [23] that the probability of a megathrust earthquake along the Nankai Trough increased from a 0.1% per week to 1% chance [24] in what was the first advisory of its kind but clarified that it was not imminent.

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