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The earthquake had a magnitude of M ww 6.2, M w 6.3 or M JMA 6.5 according to the United States Geological Survey, GCMT and Japan Meteorological Agency respectively. [5] It struck at 14:42 JST at a depth of 10 kilometers.
Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a 'Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information' advisory [28] that the probability of a megathrust earthquake along the Nankai Trough increased from a 0.1% per week to 1% chance [29] in what was the first advisory of its kind but clarified that it was not imminent.
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.
- On Sept. 6, 2018, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake paralysed Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, killing at least seven people, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents.
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 ...
The 2019 Yamagata earthquake (山形県沖地震, Yamagata-ken Oki Jishin) [1] was an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 M w which struck primarily the Hokuriku region in Japan on 18 June 2019 at 22:22 JST (13:22 UTC). The epicenter was close to the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata. [4] [5] [2] [3] A tsunami warning was also issued. [2] [3]
An earthquake measuring 6.6 M w on the moment magnitude scale struck Iburi Subprefecture in southern Hokkaido, Japan, on 6 September 2018 at 3:08 a.m. JST.The earthquake's epicenter was near Tomakomai and occurred at a depth of 35.0 kilometers (21.7 mi).
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 584 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in ...