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A strong earthquake rattled southern Japan on Monday, the United States Geological Survey is reporting. The quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, the USGS said, and was recorded about ...
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 ...
On September 14, 1984, the Otaki earthquake (magnitude 6.8) in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, caused a major mudslide on the south face of Mount Ontake, which reached speeds of 80~100 km/h. [7] Heavy rain over several days prior to the quake contributed to causing the mudslide, known as "Ontake Kuzure," which took the lives of 29 people.
The 2001 Geiyo earthquake (2001年芸予地震 Nisen-ichi-nen Gēyo Jishin) occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.7 on March 24 at 15:27 local time near Hiroshima, Japan. One person in Hiroshima and one person in Ehime were reported dead. About 3,700 buildings were damaged in the Hiroshima area. [2] Liquefaction was observed in Hiroshima [3 ...
On August 6, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, residents will pause to remember the day in 1945 that changed the course of history.
Earthquake/tsunami damage, overheating, possible radioactivity emergency See also: Timeline of the Fukushima II nuclear accidents and Timeline of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, the cooling systems for three reactors (numbers 1, 2 and 4) of the Fukushima II (Fukushima Dai-ni) nuclear ...
Hiroshima today looks completely different than it did 73 years ago. On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima that destroyed most of the city and instantly killed 80,000 of ...
This is a list of earthquakes in 2001. ... A magnitude 6.8 struck Hiroshima, on March 28 at a depth of 42.0 km (26.1 mi).2 people were killed and 161 were injured ...