Mar 11, 2011 · The morning after Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake to hit the island nation in recorded history and the tsunami it unleashed — and even as the earth continued to twitch with aftershocks — the disaster’s massive impact was only beginning to be revealed.
Time-lapse visualisation of earthquakes over the past 7 days in and around Japan.
Japan has a notorious earthquake history. About 1,500 earthquakes strike the island nation every year. tremors occur on a nearly daily basis.
On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline.
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards
This is a list of earthquakes in Japan with either a magnitude greater than or equal to 7.0 or which caused significant damage or casualties. As indicated below, magnitude is measured on the Richter magnitude scale (M L) or the moment magnitude scale (M w), or the surface wave magnitude scale (M s) for very old earthquakes.
Time-lapse visualisation of today’s earthquakes in and around Japan.
Website provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency (the national weather service of Japan)
Japan is an island nation in East Asia comprising a volcanic archipelago extending along the continent’s Pacific coast. It lies between 24° to 46° north latitude and from 123° to 146° east longitude.
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