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  2. 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a 'Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information' advisory [23] that the probability of a megathrust earthquake along the Nankai Trough increased from a 0.1% per week to 1% chance [24] in what was the first advisory of its kind but clarified that it was not imminent.

  3. List of earthquakes in Japan - Wikipedia

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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 or the Liedu scale used in China, meaning that the scale measures the intensity of an earthquake at a given location instead of measuring the energy an earthquake releases at its epicenter (its magnitude ...

  4. Natural disasters in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan has had a long history of earthquake catastrophes and seismic activity, the most deadly of which was the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. In the 21st century, the most severe earthquake that occurred was the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Firefighters attempting to stop a fire after the Great Hanshin earthquake

  5. Japan’s Meteorological Agency warns major quakes could hit the area over the next week

  6. Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were ...

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    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.

  7. 2024 in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Coast guard plane was going to deliver aid to those affected by the earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture the day before. All 379 occupants aboard the Japan Airlines flight are evacuated, while five of the six occupants aboard the Coast Guard aircraft are killed. [5] January 3 – Three men are stabbed on a train at Akihabara Station, Tokyo.

  8. Factbox-Major earthquakes in Japan since Kobe disaster of 1995

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    Situated on the "Ring of Fire" arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Basin, Japan accounts for about 20% of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater, and ...

  9. Disaster Prevention Day - Wikipedia

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    In Japan, September 1 is Disaster Prevention Day (防災の日, bousai no hi). This day commemorates the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and is a day on which disaster preparations are taken nationwide, especially in the Kantō region.

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