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Jan 3, 2024 · This subduction was the driving force behind Japan’s largest ever recorded earthquake — a magnitude-9.1 quake that struck the Tohoku region in 2011 and triggered a massive tsunami — says...
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Jan 1, 2024 · 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,...
Jan 1, 2024 · January 1, 2024 · 2 min read. 2. Road cracks caused by an earthquake is seen in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. TOKYO (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday,...
Jan 1, 2024 · A magnitude 5.6 quake hit at 6.08pm off the coast of the Noto peninsula, close to the epicentre of the strongest quake, which struck at 4.10pm with a magnitude estimated at 7.5.
Jan 1, 2024 · 2 January 2024. EPA. The earthquake, which took place on New Year's Day, has left a trail of destruction across Ishikawa Prefecture. The power of the magnitude 7.5 quake in Japan can be seen in...
Jan 4, 2024 · The seismic activity in Japan is a result of the constant grinding of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate, a process known as subduction. This geological interaction was responsible for the country's largest recorded earthquake — a magnitude-9.1 tremor that devastated the Tohoku region in 2011, unleashing a deadly tsunami.
Jun 18, 2023 · by Victoria Heath. On March 11, 2011, the 9.1-magnitude Tohoku Earthquake hit off the northeast coast of Honshu on the Japan Trench. Also known as the Great Sendai Earthquake or Great East Japan Earthquake, it was the strongest-ever earthquake recorded in Japan.
