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UTC time: 2011-04-11 08:16:12: ISC event: 16416735: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: 11 April 2011: Local time: 17:16 JST: Magnitude: 6.6 M w [1]: Depth: 13 km (8 mi) Epicenter: 1]: Type: Dip-slip: Areas affected: Japan: Max. intensity: MMI VIII (Severe) JMA 6−: Peak acceleration: 2.11 g 2071.7 Gal: Tsunami: No: Landslides: Yes: Casualties: 4 dead, 10 injured: A potent magnitude 6.6 M w ...
A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.
The magnitude 7.1 quake occurred off the country’s northeastern coast late Saturday, local time. Earthquake hits Japan, rocking Fukushima, site of 2011 nuclear disaster Skip to main content
The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan, which began on 11 March 2011. The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly all of the power plant's backup energy ...
- On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck northeast Japan, killing nearly 20,000 people and causing a meltdown in Fukushima, leading to the world's worst nuclear disaster ...
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan's Miyazaki prefecture on August 8, 2024 ... A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern coast of Japan on Thursday, Aug. 8, prompting ...
Earthquake [26] Date Magnitude Area of Intensity 7 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake: January 17, 1995 6.9 M w [27] Kobe, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Takarazuka, Tsuna, Hokudan, Ichinomiya 2004 Chūetsu earthquake: October 23, 2004 6.6 M w: Kawaguchi 2011 Tōhoku earthquake: March 11, 2011 9.0 M w: Kurihara [28] 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes: April 14, 2016
A large earthquake shook Kyushu, Japan, just after 9 p.m. local time Monday night, triggering a tsunami advisory for Japan's southeast coast. ... Survey recorded it as a preliminary 6.8-magnitude ...