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The March 2011 Sanriku earthquake was a foreshock of the 9.1 earthquake 2 days later. - - 10 [27] China, Yunnan: 5.5 10.0 VII The 2011 Yunnan earthquake damaged 12,000 homes, left 26 people dead and 313 injured. 26 313 11 [28] Japan, Tōhoku Region offshore 9.1 29.0 XI [29]
The 2011 and 2016 earthquake did not occur on the same fault with the later of the two taking place on a different fault of shallower depth. [9] The mainshock of 2011 was followed by a series of aftershocks off Japan's eastern coast most of which didn't crest over a 5.0 in magnitude; being felt mainly along the Fukushima coastline. [9]
Kyushu, Japan see 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes: 32.788 130.704 273 6.2 M w (USGS) Centred 3 km west of Kumamoto–shi, Japan, at a depth of 9.0 km. [183] April 15, 2016 16:25 32.793 130.749 7.0 M w (USGS) Centred 0 km ENE of Kumamoto–shi, Japan, at a depth of 10.0 km. [184] April 16, 2016 23:58 Near the coast of Ecuador see 2016 Ecuador ...
- On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck northeast Japan, killing nearly 20,000 people and causing a meltdown in Fukushima, leading to the world's worst nuclear disaster ...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Powerful quake hits Japan, Fukushima residents urged to flee tsunami Skip to ...
In Japan, the Shindo scale is commonly used to measure earthquakes by seismic intensity instead of magnitude. This is similar to the Modified Mercalli intensity scale used in the United States or the Liedu scale used in China, meaning that the scale measures the intensity of an earthquake at a given location instead of measuring the energy an earthquake releases at its epicenter (its magnitude ...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Japan 24 km (15 mi) east northeast of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on November 11 at a depth of 42.4 km (26.3 mi). The shock had a maximum intensity of V (Moderate) .
Japan had experienced 900 aftershocks after the M9.1 earthquake on March 11, 2011 with about 60 aftershocks being over magnitude 6.0 and three over magnitude 7.0. For conciseness, only earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 7.0 or an intensity greater than lower-6 on the shindo scale are listed here.