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Boat damage from the tsunami, taken one day after the event. The 1983 Sea of Japan earthquake ( Japanese: 日本海中部地震) occurred on May 26, 1983 at 11:59:57 local time (02:59:57 UTC ). It had a magnitude of 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the Sea of Japan, about 100 km west of the coast of Noshiro in Akita Prefecture ...
Tsunami. yes. Casualties. 230 dead. The 1993 southwest-off Hokkaido earthquake (北海道南西沖地震, Hokkaidō Nansei Oki Jishin) or Okushiri earthquake occurred at 13:17:12 UTC on 12 July 1993 in the Sea of Japan near the island of Hokkaido. [ 2] It had a magnitude of 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of VIII ...
Offshore of Misawa, Japan: This earthquake struck off the coast of Honshu Island, near Misawa Japan, Aomori Prefecture, and was followed by a significant tsunami. The earthquake and ensuing tsunami claimed 52 lives and resulted in significant material damage in Northern Japan. [50] [51] June 17, 1973: 7.8 M w: 0: 1973 Nemuro earthquake: 1973 ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -Tsunami warnings were lifted for Alaska and the rest of Pacific after a huge earthquake of 8.2 magnitude struck the seismically active U.S. state in the late hours on ...
Confusion around an emergency alert received by Alaska residents in areas not at risk of a potential tsunami after a major weekend earthquake could shake public confidence in the warning system ...
On November 30, 2018, at 8:29 a.m. AKST (17:29 UTC), a magnitude 7.1 [ 1] earthquake hit Anchorage in South Central Alaska. [ 5] The earthquake's epicenter was near Point Mackenzie, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Anchorage, and occurred at a depth of 29 miles (47 km).
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake prompted a tsunami warning Monday for a large portion of Alaska's southern coast. The warning was later downgraded and eventually lifted Monday night. Some schools were ...
Misawa is the only combined, joint service installation in the western Pacific. It houses three U.S. military services (Air Force, Navy, and Army), as well as the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The base is home to 5,200 US military personnel, as well as 350 US civilian employees and 900 Japanese national employees.