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The March 11, 2011 TÅhoku earthquake resulted in maximum horizontal ground accelerations of 0.21 g (2.10 m/s 2) to 0.28 (2.77 m/s 2) at the plant site, which is well below the design basis. [11] [12] The design basis accident for an earthquake was between 0.42 g (4.15 m/s 2) and 0.52 g (5.12 m/s 2) and for a tsunami was 5.2 m. [11]
Another warning was issued at 7:26 JST and more prefectures were included in this warning. Two more tsunami announcements were made at 8:09 and 9:46 and then all tsunami warnings were released for all forecast zones at 12:50. [16] Some of the forecasted wave heights were surpassed by those observed and the reverse also happened.
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 ...
On 17 June 2017, a landslide measuring 300 m × 1,100 m (980 ft × 3,610 ft) fell about 1,000 m (3,280 ft) into Karrat Fjord, generating a megatsunami that hit Nuugaatsiaq. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Initially it was unclear if the landslide was caused by a small earthquake (magnitude 4), [ 2 ] [ 5 ] but later it was confirmed that the landslide had ...
Tsunami warnings had been issued in the wake of the quakes in Ishikawa as well as the coastal prefectures of Niigata and Toyama, where 33,000 buildings had lost power as of 6 p.m. (4 a.m. ET ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency reported more than a dozen strong quakes in the Japan Sea off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures starting shortly after 4 p.m. local time.
A magnitude 8.3 to 8.4 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off Iturup in the Kuril Islands on 6 November 1958 generated a tsunami with a height of up to 5 metres (16 ft) at Shikotan, 2 to 4 metres (7 to 13 ft) at Iturup, and up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) in northern Hokkaido, Japan.
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