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The 2015 Ogasawara earthquake was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck offshore Japan 189 km (117 mi) west northwest of Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands on May 30 at a depth of 664.0 km (412.6 mi). [1] The shaking of the earthquake was observed almost all over Japan, [2] as it was one of the largest deep-focus earthquakes recorded worldwide.
The 1944 Tōnankai earthquake occurred at 13:35 local time (04:35 UTC) on 7 December.It had an estimated magnitude of 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale (making it the strongest known earthquake of 1944) and a maximum felt intensity of greater than 5 Shindo (about VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale).
The region experienced a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami with an estimated magnitude of 9 in 1667, [7] a magnitude 8.2 event in 1952, [8] a 1968 quake measuring 8.3 M w , and one in 2008 measuring 7.1, all bearing the name Tokachi-Oki, [8] and a 1973 quake to the immediate north along the Kuril Trench plate boundary called the 1973 Nemuro ...
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's northeast, killing about 15,690 people and injuring 5,700. The earthquake also triggered the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl ...
The 1707 Hōei earthquake (宝永地震, Hōei jishin) struck south-central Japan at around 13:45 local time on 28 October. It was the largest earthquake in Japanese history [1] until it was surpassed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. [4] It caused moderate-to-severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shikoku and southeastern Kyūshū. [5]
The earthquake is the climax of the second episdode of the 1991 OVA Doomed Megalopolis. In the 2013 animated film by director Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises, the protagonist Jiro Horikoshi is traveling to Tokyo by train to study engineering. On the way, the 1923 earthquake strikes, damaging the train and causing a huge fire in the city.
Japan has issued a major tsunami warning for its northern coastal regions after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck ... It was one of the strongest earthquakes in the history of Japan that killed ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Seismic Intensity Scale [1] (known in Japan as the Shindo seismic scale) [2] is a seismic intensity scale used in Japan to categorize the intensity of local ground shaking caused by earthquakes. Map of Japan showing the distribution of maximum JMA Seismic Intensities by prefecture for the 2011 Tōhoku ...