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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 ...
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).
One of the turrets damaged by the 2016 earthquakes. The castle sustained damage in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck at 9:26 pm on 14 April 2016, in Mashiki town in Kumamoto prefecture. This event is substantially similar to the magnitude-6.3 1889 Kumamoto earthquake which also damaged the castle.
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 ...
The Futagawa-Hinagu fault zone (布田川・日奈久断層帯, Futagawa Hinagu Dansōtai) is a series of faults in Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan, which was responsible for the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. It consists of two fault zones along the west coast of Kumamoto, stretching over 100 km, making it the longest fault zone in Kyushu. [1]
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 full extent of damage and casualties remains unclear two days after the quake. ... making the earthquake the deadliest in Japan since at least 2016. Some cities have reported additional deaths ...