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On January 13, 2025, at 9:19pm JST, a 6.9 M JMA earthquake struck less than 10 km (6.2 mi) away from the August 8, 2024 earthquake at a depth of 30 km (19 mi), causing tremors recorded as a 5- on the JMA seismic intensity scale [15] and an observed 20cm tsunami in Miyazaki Prefecture.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake (Japanese: 令和6年能登半島地震, Hepburn: Reiwa 6-nen Noto-hantō Jishin). [8] It led to Japan's first major tsunami warning since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake , [ 9 ] and a tsunami of 7.45 m (24 ft) was measured along the Sea of ...
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.
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.
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 woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and ...
The massive earthquake reportedly killed at least 4 people, caused buildings to collapse and power to be knocked out. Multiple deaths reported following powerful earthquake in Japan Skip to main ...
The mayor of Suzu, issuing an earthquake emergency advisory and evacuating multiple households, said that the city would not be needing the help of Japan Self-Defense Forces due to the quake. [27] Prime minister Fumio Kishida also stated that more measures will be taken in the following days, while also communicating with multiple officials ...