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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]
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 ...
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Ankō Outcrop in the village of Ōshika in Nagano Prefecture is a natural monument of Japan.. Japan Median Tectonic Line (中央構造線, Chūō Kōzō Sen), also Median Tectonic Line (MTL), is Japan's longest fault system.
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[citation needed] The operator is Kumamoto International Airport Co., Ltd., which is funded by a consortium of 11 companies led by Mitsui Fudosan. [ citation needed ] Following the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes , which severely damaged the airport, Kumamoto International Airport Co., Ltd. began developing a new terminal building which was planned ...
The damage was minor. However, the Seismological Society of Japan was established in response to the quake. [36] July 28, 1889: 6.3: 20: 1889 Kumamoto earthquake: 熊本地震: Kumamoto Jishin: Tatsuda fault: First major earthquake after the establishment of the Seismological Society of Japan in 1880. October 28, 1891: 8.0 M L: 7,273: 1891 Mino ...
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