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It was 56 miles from Kanoya.

It was 50 miles from Ibusuki.

Although there is mention of an earthquake in Yamato in what is now Nara …

... Japan Meteorological Agency, 1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8122, Japan

For the 11 March 2011 earthquake in the Tōhoku region, see Tatsuo Usami "Historical earthquakes in Japan", In: William H.K.

History. ), Kawasumi, H., 1951, Measures of earthquakes danger and expectancy of maximum intensity throughout Japan as inferred from the seismic activity in historical times, Susumu Yamaga「日本列島の地震・津波・噴火の歴史」pp. It was also 61 miles from Shibushi.

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As a result the quake could be felt across the region. The islands of Japan are primarily the result of several large oceanic movements occurring over hundreds of millions of years from the mid-Japan was originally attached to the eastern coast of the Unlike other seismic intensity scales, which normally have twelve levels of intensity, "Japanese earthquake" redirects here.

Aerial view of damage to a portion of the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan, following the offshore earthquake and resultant tsunami there on March 11, 2011.Map of the northern part of Japan's main island of Honshu depicting the intensity of shaking caused by the earthquake of March 11, 2011.A massive tsunami, generated by a powerful undersea earthquake, engulfing a residential area in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Honshu, Japan, on March 11, 2011.John Rafferty, associate editor of Earth sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, discussing tsunamis.Map prepared by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration depicting the tsunami wave height model for the Pacific Ocean following the March 11, 2011, earthquake off Sendai, Japan. [Earthquake and Seismic Intensity Information] The map and text below show the following details : a) the observed Seismic Intensity (1 and above) and its location and region, b) the date and time of the earthquake, and c) its epicenter and magnitude.

The tsunami raced outward from the epicentre at speeds that approached about 500 miles (800 km) per hour. The event began with a powerful earthquake off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, which initiated a series of large …

Lee, Hiroo Kanamori, Paul C. Jennings and Carl Kisslinger, (Eds. The quake was only 10 miles from Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan.

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Japan's meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 10:22 p.m. local time Tuesday (9:22 a.m. Japan earthquake and tsunami, severe natural disaster that occurred in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, and killed at least 20,000 people. "Ansei Daijishin" (安政大地震, "Great Earthquakes of Ansei"). A wave measuring some 33 feet high inundated the coast and flooded parts of the city of The earthquake triggered tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific basin.

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