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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.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency warns major quakes could hit the area over the next week Japan earthquake – latest: Aftershocks continue in quake zone as death toll rises to 64 Skip to main content
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.
The JMA scale is expressed in levels of seismic intensity from 0 to 7 in a manner similar to that of the Mercalli intensity scale, which is not commonly used in Japan.. Real-time earthquake reports are calculated automatically from seismic-intensity-meter measurements of peak ground acceleration throughout an affected area, and the JMA reports the intensities for a given quake according to the ...
Japan issued a Tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan on New ... coast a little after 4 p.m. local time (2 a.m. ET), with one reaching a magnitude of 7.6 ...
1293 Kamakura earthquake; 1361 Shōhei earthquake; 1454 Kyōtoku earthquake and tsunami; 1586 Tenshō earthquake; 1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami; 1751 Takada earthquake; 1833 Shōnai earthquake; 1910 Taiwan earthquake; 1940 Shakotan earthquake; 1958 Kuril Islands earthquake; 1987 Chiba earthquake; 2014 Nagano earthquake ...
Record rainfall has brought deadly flooding and landslides to a coastal region of Japan still recovering from a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake. Japan’s weather agency issued its highest ...
Near the east coast of Honshu, Japan see 2021 Fukushima earthquake: 37.745 141.749 1 7.1 M w (USGS) Centred 72km ENE of Namie, Japan, at a depth of 49.9km. [6] March 1, 2021 22:57 Northern Colombia 6.239 -76.098 3 5.1 M w (USGS) Centred 9km SSE of Urrao, Colombia, at a depth of 10.0km. [7] March 3, 2021 10:16 Greece see 2021 Larissa earthquake ...