Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
The earthquake is the climax of the second episdode of the 1991 OVA Doomed Megalopolis. In the 2013 animated film by director Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises, the protagonist Jiro Horikoshi is traveling to Tokyo by train to study engineering. On the way, the 1923 earthquake strikes, damaging the train and causing a huge fire in the city.
Earthquake and Tsunami 24 Apr 1771: Ishigaki Island and Miyako Island: 7,273: Mino–Owari earthquake: Earthquake 28 Oct 1891: Mino Province and Owari Province: 7,000 + Great Ansei earthquake: Earthquake 11 Nov 1855: Tokyo: Also known as the great Edo earthquake. 6,434: Great Hanshin earthquake: Earthquake 17 Jan 1995: Awaji Island, near Kobe ...
- On June 18, 2018, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Osaka, Japan's second-biggest metropolis, killed four people, injured hundreds more and halted factory lines in an industrial area.
A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Powerful quake hits Japan, Fukushima residents urged to flee tsunami Skip to ...
Japan’s Meteorological Agency warns major quakes could hit the area over the next week
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.