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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 miles), [8] and a foreshock earthquake with ...
On the evening of 14 April 2016, the entire length of the Kagoshima Route was shut down after the first of two powerful earthquakes struck Kumamoto prefecture. There was extensive damage along the route, including cracks in elevated support structures at 25 locations [16] and collapsed sound insulation walls in nearly 80 locations. [17]
The quake's epicenter was near the city of Kumamoto and measured at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. Second big quake hits southern Japan, people flee onto streets ...
The shrine was damaged in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. Aso Shrine was heavily damaged during the 2016 earthquakes that struck Kumamoto on April 16, 2016, at 1:25 am JST , at a magnitude of 7.0. The shrine's rōmon (tower gate) was completely destroyed as well as the haiden (worship hall).
The elderly woman was found amid the ruins of a two-story house five days after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck central Japan. Woman in her 90s pulled alive from rubble five days after Japan ...
He said that the magnitude of the earthquake on 1 January exceeded that of both the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake and the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, which resulted in approximately 6,400 casualties.
Pages in category "2016 earthquakes" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes; 2016 Mutatá earthquake;
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.