Tag "JMA"
8 quakes hit Tokara islands within an hour on 3rd Feb
According to JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), 8 earthquakes happened near Tokara islands within only 1 hour on 2/3/2016. Tokara islands are South West offshore of the main land of Japan.
9 earthquakes occurred offshore of Amami Oshima island within 4 hours
According to JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), 9 earthquakes hit offshore of Amami Oshima island only from the night of 1/9/2016 to the next day. The first quake happened at
JMA to increase the staff by 50 percent to observe volcanos
On 12/24/2015, JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency) announced they are going to increase the members of the staff by 1.5 times much as now. From the next fiscal year, they are
5 quakes occurred in Tokyo bay within only 1 hour
According to JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), 5 earthquakes happened in Tokyo bay on 12/26/2015. All of them occurred from 22:12 to 23:21 (JST). The maximum magnitude was 3.4 The depth
5 quakes repeatedly occurring within 4 hours in the center of Tottori prefecture
According to JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), 5 earthquakes repeatedly occurred within 4 hours in the center of Tottori prefecture. The occurring time and magnitude are as follows. All of these
M5.5 hit Fukushima offshore / Tepco “No abnormality reported”
According to JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), M5.5 occurred offshore Fukushima at 15:04 of 10/21/2015 (JST). The maximum seismic intensity was 4. Quake was observed from Aomori prefecture to Shizuoka prefecture.
Tottori quake still continues / Prefecture “possibility of earthquake swarm”
Following up this article.. 7 quakes occurred in Western Japan with only 10 mins intervals [URL] After the article was posted above, 3 more quakes occurred at the same location
7 quakes occurred in Western Japan with only 10 mins intervals
According to JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), 7 earthquakes repeatedly happened in Western Japan from 10/17 to 10/18/2015 (JST). All of those quakes share the same epicenter in the central area
11 quakes happened near the epicenter of 311 since 10/3/2015
According to JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), 11 earthquakes have continuously happened since 10/3/2015 at one location. Especially from 18:36 of 10/6/2015 (JST), 6 quakes occurred until the morning of 10/7/2015.
[Photo] “White smoke” came up from the body of Mt. Fuji / Ministry of Land “Just cloud of dust”
“White smoke” was observed in extremely large area of Mt. Fuji on 9/30/2015. From around 9AM, white and brown “smoke” was seen soaring in an erosional valley located on the west