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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.
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 ...
Recent earthquakes in Japan listed by time of occurrence with localities, magnitude, and maximum intensity. Click on the time of occurrence to see a map showing affected areas; click an affected area on the map to see a more localized shake map showing distribution of intensities (in English).
Earthquakes early Monday again struck Japan's north-central region of Ishikawa, still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1, but the latest shaking caused no major damage.
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 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 ...
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 ...
The earthquake had a depth of 47.3 km or 66 km and a maximum intensity of VI (Strong) or Shindo 5 upper. [30] According to the Japan Meteorological Survey, the earthquake would not be considered an aftershock of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake as such announcements had ceased as of April 1 of 2021. [31]