Earthquakes M5.5+ around Japan (1900–2016) M7.0–7.9=163 EQs, M8.0+=14 EQs. [1] This is a list of earthquakes in Japan with either a magnitude greater than or equal to 7.0 or which caused significant damage or casualties. As indicated below, magnitude is measured on the Richter magnitude scale ( ML) or the moment magnitude scale ( Mw ), or ...
Coordinates: 38.24°S 73.05°W The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake ( Gran terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. [1]
- 1,000–6,000
- 9.4–9.6 '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000004-QINU`"'Mw
- approx. 10 minutes
Filter By Magnitude Nearby Places 4 hours ago 4.6 magnitude, 43 km depth Kushiro , Hokkaido , Japan 15 hours ago 4.1 magnitude, 296 km depth Ōyama , Shizuoka , Japan 16 hours ago 5.5 magnitude, 64 km depth Ishinomaki , Miyagi , Japan 22 hours ago 6.3 magnitude, 183 km depth Hirara , Okinawa , Japan 1 day ago 4.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
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The 2016 Fukushima earthquake struck Japan east-southeast of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture at 05:59 JST on November 22 (20:59 Nov 21 UTC) with depth of 11.4 km (7.1 mi). The shock had a maximum intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli scale.
- November 22, 2016
- 05:59:49 JST
- 2016-11-21 20:59:49
- 7.4 '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000004-QINU`"'Mw
Jan 22, 2022 · An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 rattled southwestern and western Japan early Saturday, leaving more than 10 injured amid strong shaking but no tsunami waves were triggered, the weather agency and local authorities said.
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes ( Japanese: 平成28年熊本地震, Hepburn: Heisei 28-nen Kumamoto jishin) were a series of earthquakes, [2] including a magnitude 7.0 mainshock which struck at 01:25 JST on April 16, 2016 (16:25 UTC on April 15) beneath Kumamoto City of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu Region, Japan, at a depth of about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), [1...
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