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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.
A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
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
21:00 (local time) Cascadia subduction zone, United States and Canada: Unknown 9.2 Tsunami in Japan and the Pacific Northwest. 1700 Cascadia earthquake: 31 December 1703 02:00 (local time) Boso Peninsula, Japan: 10,000 8.2 Maximum intensity IX. 1703 Genroku earthquake: 28 October 1707 14:00 (local time) Japan: 5,000 8.7 Tsunami 1707 Hōei ...
A large earthquake shook Kyushu, Japan, just after 9 p.m. local time Monday night, triggering a tsunami advisory for Japan's southeast coast. The quake was centered just offshore of Kyushu, about ...
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern coast of Japan on Thursday, Aug. 8, prompting the country to issue its first “megaquake” warning. ... The temblor occurred around 4:42 p.m. local ...
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 ...
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 ...