Earthquakes that have occurred in Japan over the past 20 years
- January 2, 2024
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The earthquake that hit the west coast of central Japan this Monday, killing at least 50 people, is the most serious since the earthquake recorded in April 2016,
The earthquake that hit the west coast of central Japan this Monday, killing at least 50 people, is the most serious since the earthquake recorded in April 2016, which killed 50 people.
List of major earthquakes recorded in Japan over the past two decades:
October 23, 2004 23 people have been killed and more than 500 injured after a series of earthquakes, including one measuring 6.8, rocked northwestern Japan.
March 20, 2005 A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the island of Kyushu, killing one person and injuring 735.
March 25, 2007 A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook a large coastal area in Ishikawa province, killing one person, injuring 170 and collapsing 44 buildings.
July 16, 2007 Eleven people were killed and more than a thousand were injured in a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in the Niigata area. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant was closed due to a leak of radioactive water.
Earthquake January 1, 2024 | Photo: Reuters
June 14, 2008 At least 13 people were killed, ten were missing and 150 were injured after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Sendai.
March 11, 2011 The magnitude 9 earthquake, followed by a giant tsunami, killed 18,000 people (15,873 dead and 2,768 missing) and triggered a major nuclear accident at Fukushima, which forced the evacuation of 80,000 people.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, where it arrived weakened, although one person was killed and another was missing in California (USA).
April 7, 2011 The magnitude 7.1 earthquake, which triggered a tsunami alert, killed three people, injured 132 people and caused fires and power outages in one million homes.
April 11, 2011 A magnitude 7 earthquake centered in Fukushima province triggered a tsunami warning and killed four people.
December 7, 2012 The magnitude 7.3 earthquake triggered a one-meter high tsunami that reached the coast of Ishinomaki municipality in northeastern Japan without causing any casualties, although nine people were injured.
April 14 and 16, 2016 Two earthquakes measuring 6.5 degrees and another measuring 7.3 degrees respectively struck the Japanese island of Kyushu, killing fifty people and injuring more than a thousand.
Earthquake January 1, 2024 | Photo: Reuters
April 20, 2016 An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 occurred in northeastern Japan.
November 21, 2016 A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 shook Fukushima Prefecture (northeast Japan), triggering a tsunami warning.
June 18, 2018 A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Osaka, killing 5 people and injuring more than 350.
September 6, 2018 A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the northern island of Hokkaido, killing some 44 people.
March 16, 2022 At least four people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Fukushima.
May 5, 2023 Two earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 and 5.8 rocked Ishikawa Prefecture in western Japan, killing one person and injuring dozens.
January 2, 2024 A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the west coast of central Japan, killing at least 48 people.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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