In 2008, the Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake struck Iwate prefecture, northern Honshu, MJMA = 7.2 (epicentre 39.0283N,140.88E).
An MJMA6.5 earthquake (foreshock) and MJMA7.3 earthquake (mainshock) struck Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14, 2016, and April 16, 2016.
A shallow MJMA6.5 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, located in Kyushu district, southwest Japan, on April 14, 2016, at 21 26 JST.
The quake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, where Sony's main facility for the manufacturer of image sensors used in digital cameras and smartphones is located.
After the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Fukushima prefecture in Japan unleashed a tidal wave tsunami, 1.5 million tonnes of debris washed into the ocean and it's since been slowly making its way across the Pacific headed directly for the North American Coastline.
The Great East Japan Earthquake, measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, struck Fukushima prefecture on March 11 , 2011
ON MAY 13th Yoshihiro Murai, governor of the tsunami-stricken prefecture of Miyagi, received an angry petition from the bosses of a co-operative that has long controlled some of the richest fishing grounds off the coast of north-eastern Japan.
He hopes that projects like his will help to revive the prefecture's stricken economy.
In June 2008, a quake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck the northern prefecture of Miyagi, killing 23.
5 It has been reported that SBP increased significantly within 3 months after a major earthquake struck the Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 2004, and returned to pre-earthquake level at 6 months.
In May, a popular Japanese manga series called "Oishinbo" ("The Gourmet"), created a controversy when its main character, a journalist, developed uncontrollable nosebleeds after visiting the stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture.
