Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake (Japanese: 三陸はるか沖地震 Sanriku Haruka Okijishin) occurred on December 28, 1994, at 12:19 UTC (21:19 local time).This was a magnitude M w 7.7 earthquake with epicenter located in the Pacific Ocean at about 180 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori (haruka-oki means "far offshore").
The 1968 Tokachi earthquake (1968年十勝沖地震 Sen-kyūhyaku-rokujūhachi-nen Tokachi-oki Jishin) occurred on May 16 at 0:49 UTC (09:49 local time) in the area offshore of Aomori and Hokkaido. The magnitude of this earthquake was put at M w 8.3. [4] The intensity of the earthquake reached shindo 5 in Aomori, Aomori and Hakodate, Hokkaido. [3]
The earthquake severely damaged a mine, and caused subsidence in Solikamsk. - - 6 [2] Japan, Iwate offshore, 63 km southeast of Hachinohe: 7.0 26.9 VII At least 29 people were injured in Aomori and Iwate Prefectures and about 5,000 homes lost water services in the region. - 29 7 [3] Japan, Iwate offshore, 76 km north northeast of Miyako: 6.0 32 ...
This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$ 100,000 in damage or at least one death.
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 ...
A large earthquake shook Kyushu, Japan, just after 9 p.m. local time Monday night, triggering a tsunami advisory for Japan's southeast coast. The quake was centered just offshore of Kyushu, about ...
Hachinohe City Hall Downtown Hachinohe Tanesashi Beach. Hachinohe (八戸市, Hachinohe-shi) is a city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.As of 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 216,416 in 110,195 households, and a population density of 708 persons per km 2, [1] making it Aomori Prefecture's second largest city by population.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Japan 78 km (48 mi) east of Mutsu on August 10 at a depth of 41.0 km (25.5 mi). [135] A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Ecuador 22 km (14 mi) west southwest of Cayambe on August 12 at a depth of 11.9 km (7.4 mi). [136] The earthquake killed at least 4 people and another 8 were injured. [137]