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The earthquake had a depth of 47.3 km or 66 km and a maximum intensity of VI (Strong) or Shindo 5 upper. [30] According to the Japan Meteorological Survey, the earthquake would not be considered an aftershock of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake as such announcements had ceased as of April 1 of 2021. [31]
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.
Like other earthquakes recorded in western Japan between 1891 and 1948, the 1995 earthquake had a strike-slip mechanism that accommodated east–west shortening of the Eurasian plate due to its collision with the Philippine Sea plate in central Honshu. [13] The Mj 7.3 earthquake struck at 05:46:53 JST on the morning of January 17, 1995. It ...
A 6.6 M j earthquake also struck Ishikawa Prefecture on February 7, 1993. Since the 1990s, the number of earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.0~ M j are increasing. Some seismologists say that the seismic activity in West Japan is at its peak, and many earthquakes will occur, like the Great Hanshin earthquake. This earthquake is sometimes ...
The 1982 Urakawa earthquake (Japanese: 浦河沖地震 [6]) was a M w 6.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of Urakawa, Japan, on 11:32 , March 21, 1982. [7] [8] [9] The epicenter was 10] The earthquake was the largest earthquake in the history of the region.
The Japan Meteorological Agency stated it was an aftershock of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. [7] [8] An intensity of VII is strong enough to cause damage to unsupported buildings and move heavy furniture. [9] The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake increased stress on the normal fault along Honshu's eastern coast on which the 2016 earthquake occurred.
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 561 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. Almost all 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 the ...
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.