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Jan 1, 2024 · A day on from yesterday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, Japan is still experiencing tremors, with the latest being a 4.9 quake in Ishikawa. As a reminder, here is where yesterday's earthquake hit.
The 1707 Hōei earthquake (宝永地震, Hōei jishin) struck south-central Japan at 14:00 local time on 28 October. It was the largest earthquake in Japanese history [1] until it was surpassed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. [4] It caused moderate-to-severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shikoku and southeastern Kyūshū. [5]
2014 Nagano earthquake. On November 22, 2014, at 22:08 local time ( UTC +9 ), an earthquake struck southeast of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. It had a magnitude of 6.2 Mw according to the United States Geological Survey, with a maximum intensity assigned IX ( Violent) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. According to the Japan Meteorological ...
The 2012 Sanriku earthquake (三陸沖地震, Sanriku oki jishin) occurred near the city of Kamaishi, Japan, on December 7 at 17:18 JST. [9] The magnitude 7.3 shock generated a small tsunami, with waves up to 1 m high, that hit Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture. [10] It occurred at a depth of 36 km within the Pacific Plate and was the result of ...
The April 2011 Miyagi earthquake (2011年 宮城県沖地震, 2011-Nen Miyagi-ken-oki jishin) occurred off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) east of Sendai, Japan. The Mw 7.1 thrust earthquake was classified as an aftershock of the March 11 Tōhoku earthquake, and occurred at 23:32 JST (14:32 UTC) on Thursday ...
The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) [note 1] is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) long [1] and up to about 500 km (310 mi) wide, [2] and surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire contains between 750 ...
Eight years later, this area was devastated by the tsunami caused by the 1960 Chile earthquake, killing 11 people. Akkeshi Bay saw the highest tsunami surge, of 6.5 metres (21 ft), with Hachinohe in Aomori also seeing a 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) wave. This was the first large tsunami after the inception of Japan's tsunami warning system.
