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Hokkaid, Japan Earthquake

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Strong (moderately dangerous) earthquake below Hokkaido (Japan)

Last update: August 25, 2012 at 2:41 pm by By

 

Intensity during Hokkaido earthquake – Orange : strongest – image courtesy JMA Japan

Strong  (moderately dangerous) earthquake along the Hokkaido (Japan) coast
Preliminary Magnitude around M6.0, Depth approx. 60 km
NO tsunami danger
The earthquake’s epicenter is below the Hokkaido Island at a depth of 50 km
JMA Japan reports a 5- intensity, just below the level that Earthquake-Report.com considers as very dangerous.
The epicenter is below the south-western tip of the island, more precisely below Mt. Rakko. No city in the immediate vicinity of the epicenter. The relatively deep epicenter makes that the earthquake will be felt in a much wider area than in case of a shallow quake. The shaking has been felt not only all over Hokkaido, but also in the northern part of Honshu.
JMA 5- intensity has been experienced in the following localities : Urakawa-cho Shiomi, Urakawa-cho Tsukiji*, Samani-cho Sakaemachi*, Makubetsu-cho Churui-nishikimachi*, Urahoro-cho Sakuramachi*, Sarabetsu-mura Sarabetsu*, Tokachi Taiki-cho Seika*, Hiro-o-cho Nishi-yojo*

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2012/08/24/major-earthquakes-list-august-25-2012/

Earthquake of Hokkaido, Japan

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Very strong earthquake near the Hokkaido Coast, Japan

Last update: November 24, 2011 at 11:43 am by By 

Earthquake overview : At 07:25 PM local time a very strong earthquake occurred at intermediate depth near the Hokkaido coast, Japan. JMA Japan has reported a weakening depth of 30 km. Max. reported intensity is 5- (on a scale from 0 to 7)

Update : The earthquake was felt as far as the Akita and Yamagata prefectures

Update :The earthquake happened in the Urakawa Oki area  of Hokkaido

Update : Nor JMA nor GDACS have called a tsunami risk

Update : Indirect damage by landslides is always possible, especially for road 235 and 236, close to the epicenter

Update : The area closest to the epicenter is mainly a wilderness area with very few villages and towns

 

Image from the wild Hokkaido coast – Panoramio image courtesy Yobito Kayanuma

 

Update : WAPMERR, the theoretical damage engine does not expect injuries, fatalities or major damagefrom this earthquake.

Update : Earthquake-Report.com does not expect serious damage as the epicenter is out in the sea and as we have an intermediate depth of 42 km (USGS) 30 km (JMA)

Update : this earthquake can be seen as a powerful aftershock from the cruel Tohoku earthquake and tsunami from March 11 earlier this year

Update :  5+ is seen by Earthquake-report.com as potentially dangerous
Shaking values from JMA Japan :