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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, the Liedu scale used in China or the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS), meaning that the scale measures the intensity of an earthquake at a given location instead of measuring the energy an earthquake ...
Earthquakes (6.0+ M w) between 1900 and 2017. Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of the greatest disasters in human history. Below, earthquakes are listed by period ...
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 ...
A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan left at least 62 people dead Wednesday, as rescue workers fought to save those feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings.
A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the southwest coast of Japan on Monday. Tsunami warnings that were issued have since been lifted. A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the ...
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 ...
M w [36] Foreshock to the next earthquake on 22 May. 1960 Concepción earthquakes: 22 May 1960 15:11 (local time) Valdivia, Chile: 6,000 9.5 M w [37] The largest earthquake in recorded history. 1960 Valdivia earthquake: 13 October 1963 15:17 (local time) Kuril Islands, USSR (present-day Russia) 0 8.5 M w [38] One of the largest earthquake in ...
Fatalities occurred in every month of the year. Earthquake activity was lowest in June, while August was the most active and deadliest month. Major events also took place in Indonesia, Japan, China, Pakistan, Mexico and Peru. A M 7.3 quake in China was the most intense event of the year (MMI X, Extreme).