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The 2021 Chiba earthquake (千葉県北西部地震, Chiba-ken Hokuseibu Jishin) was an earthquake that occurred in Japan at 22:41 JST (13:41 UTC) on October 7, 2021. [2] The epicenter was recorded approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) southwest of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture.
Damage [ edit ] According to the materials of the Fire and Disaster Prevention Division of the Chiba Prefecture General Affairs Department, two deaths (one in Mobara and another in Ichihara ), 26 serious injuries and 118 minor injuries were reported. 16 buildings collapsed, 102 were severely damaged, and 63,692 suffered minor damage.
Japan: 1: 28: Hakodate: Hokkaido Prefecture: Japan: 1: 1 [11] Hanamaki: Iwate Prefecture: Japan: 1 20 [2] Hashikami: Aomori Prefecture: Japan ¥ 1.34 billion (US$12.17 million) [12] [13] Higashidōri: Aomori Prefecture: Japan ¥ 280.27 million (US$2.55 million) [3] Higashimatsushima: Miyagi Prefecture: Japan: 1044: 94 [14] Hirakawa: Aomori ...
The 2012 Chiba earthquake (千葉県東方沖地震, [Chiba-ken Tо̄hо̄ Oki Jishin] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 12) , lit. ' Eastern Chiba Prefecture offshore earthquake ' ) occurred along the northeastern coast of Chiba Prefecture , Japan at 21:05 JST (12:05 UTC ) on Wednesday, 14 March 2012. [ 3 ]
Japan is regularly affected by natural disasters, with the country also being in the Ring of Fire.Two out of the five most expensive natural disasters in recent history have occurred in Japan, in 1995 (~6,500 deaths) and 2011 (~20,000 deaths) – the latter of which had also triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
In Japan, the Shindo scale is commonly used to measure earthquakes by seismic intensity instead of magnitude. This is similar to the Modified Mercalli intensity scale used in the United States or the Liedu scale used in China, meaning that the scale measures the intensity of an earthquake at a given location instead of measuring the energy an earthquake releases at its epicenter (its magnitude ...
Aruma village, Chiba Prefecture, Japan: ≥1: 2 fatalities [76] Hamamatsu tornado: 26 August 1962: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan: ≥1: None: 168 houses severely damaged [76] 1964 Tokyo tornado: 24 May 1964: Southwestern Tokyo, Japan – None: 480 houses damaged [77] Ooami-Shirasato town tornado: 28 October 1967: Ooami-Shirasato town ...
Hagibis caused catastrophic destruction across much of eastern Japan. Hagibis spawned a large tornado on October 12, which struck the Ichihara area of Chiba Prefecture during the onset of Hagibis; the tornado, along with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast, caused additional damage to those areas that were damaged by Hagibis.