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Apr 3, 2024 · The earthquake was the most powerful to hit the island in 25 years. Dozens of people remained trapped, and many buildings were damaged, with the worst centered in the city of Hualien.
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- Christopher Buckley
Jan 2, 2024 · The confirmed number of dead from the Japan earthquakes has risen seven to 55. Aftershocks continue to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas a day after a magnitude 7.6 temblor slammed the area.
Jan 1, 2024 · The powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit western Japan on Monday has disrupted communications, forced road closures and flattened buildings, according to officials. At least five highways ...
Jan 22, 2024 · This cliff is a scar of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake that struck off Japan’s eastern shores. That year, on March 11, the magnitude 9.1 temblor deep within the Pacific Ocean unleashed a ...
Jan 1, 2024 · By 2011, when a devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit the northeast coast of Japan, triggering an enormous tsunami and causing a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant, many buildings ...
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- Shashank Bengali
Historic earthquakes. Many parts of the country have experienced devastating earthquakes and tsunami in the past. The Great Kanto Earthquake, the worst in Japanese history, hit the Kanto plain around Tokyo in 1923 and resulted in the deaths of over 100,000 people. In January 1995, a strong earthquake hit the city of Kobe and surroundings. Known ...
1 day ago · Fukushima accident, disaster that occurred in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (‘Number One’) nuclear power plant on the Pacific coast of northern Japan, which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history.
