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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Scientists recorded a slow-slip event in 2011 before the magnitude-9 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which killed more than 18,000 people and touched off the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan received messages of condolence and offers of assistance from a range of international leaders. According to Japan's foreign ministry, 163 countries and regions, and 43 international organizations had offered assistance to Japan as of September 15, 2011. [ 1]
Japan issued a Tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan on New Year's Day. ... Tsunami warnings had been issued in the wake of the quakes in Ishikawa as well as ...
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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 ...