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5 days ago · The results suggest that climate may influence seismic activity. Episodes of heavy snowfall and rain likely contributed to a swarm of earthquakes over the past several years in northern Japan, MIT researchers find. Their study is the first to show climate conditions could initiate some quakes.
5 days ago · Since late 2020, a swarm of crustal earthquakes in the northeastern region of the Noto Peninsula, Japan, far from the plate boundaries of the subducting Pacific and Philippine plates, has been responsible for hundreds of earthquakes per day.
5 days ago · Overgrown vegetation surrounds a vacant house in the Yato area of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, on August 21, 2013. ... “When an earthquake or a tsunami occurs, there is a ...
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4 days ago · Japan earthquake claims at least 57 lives. A man stands in front of a destroyed candle store following an earthquake in Nanao, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Tuesday, Jan, 2, 2024. A series of ...
3 days ago · See all recent quakes in or near Japan in the past 48 hours, updated every minute. Strongest today: Mag.3.4 Japan: SW SHIZUOKA PREF | Strongest past week: Mag.4.8 54 km SE of Koseda, Japan | Strongest past month: Mag.6.5 Bonin Islands, Japan region.
1 day ago · List of natural disasters by death toll. Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards).
14 hours ago · 5.0–5.9. 524. 4.0–4.9. 4,384. ← 2023. This is a list of earthquakes in 2024. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties. All dates are listed according to UTC time. The maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
