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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.
The 1498 Meiō earthquake (明応地震 Meiō Jishin) struck off the coast of Nankaidō, Japan, at approximately 08:00 local time [3] on September 20, 1498. [1] With an estimated magnitude of 8.6 M s, [1] it triggered a massive tsunami. The exact death toll from this event remains uncertain, but reports range from 5,000 to 41,000 casualties.
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based earthquake warning systems [3] — they rely mainly ...
Magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami reaching 128 feet (39 meters), causing the level-7 nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Costliest natural disaster in recorded world history, estimated at up to $235 billion by the World Bank. 18,297 dead, 2,533 missing and 6,157 injured confirmed by Japanese National Police Agency on ...
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: Japan: 9.1 $360 billion [209] [210] 2 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake: Japan: 6.9 $200 billion [211] 3 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes: Turkey Syria: 7.8 $163.6 billion [212] [213] 4 2008 Sichuan earthquake: China 7.9 $150 billion [214] 5 2011 Christchurch earthquake: New Zealand 6.3 $40 billion [215] 6 2004 ...
The largest earthquake ever recorded was a 9.5-magnitude quake in Chile on May 22, 1960, per the United States Geological Survey. For more People news, make sure to sign up for our newsletter ...
8.4: Hoei earthquake: 20,000: Tōkai, Tōnankai and Nankai earthquakes occurred at the same time with magnitude 8.4–8.6. Mount Fuji erupted 49 days after this earthquake and the Hōei crater was created. About 20,000 people were killed and 60,000 houses collapsed, the Tosa area was affected by the tsunami. 102 December 23, 1854: 8.4: Ansei ...
Gifu's Earthquake Memorial Hall is dedicated to the victims. The October 1891 event was the largest recorded inland earthquake in Japan's history. Surface faulting stretched 80 kilometers (50 mi) with horizontal displacement up to 8 meters (26 ft) and vertical slip in the range of 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in).