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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.
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 2016 Tottori earthquake (鳥取県中部地震, Tottori-ken Chūbu Jishin) [6] is an earthquake that occurred in central Tottori Prefecture in Japan on October 21, 2016. [7] [8] [9] It measured 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale. [10] [11] The earthquake left 32 people injured. [12]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Powerful quake hits Japan, Fukushima residents urged to flee tsunami Skip to ...
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.
- On April 16, 2016, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Kumamoto on the southern island of Japan, killing more than 220 people. ... 2018, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Osaka, Japan's second ...
This is a list of earthquakes in 2016. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, ... A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Japan 74 km (46 mi) ...
Predictions by scientists have repeatedly been proven wrong, such as with the 2016 quake in southwestern Kumamoto, an area previously seen as relatively quake-free. “Having too much confidence ...