A strong earthquake occurred off the coast of Sakhalin on August 10, a powerful earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan on August 8, and an earthquake occurred off the coast of the Southern Kuril Islands on July 30. A strong earthquake occurred in Taiwan on April 3, which was the most powerful on the island in the last 25 years.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 was registered in the Sea of Okhotsk to the east of the coast of Sakhalin, RIA Novosti reports, citing data from the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 occurred on August 10 at 14:28 (06:28 Moscow time). The epicenter was located 110 kilometers east of Cape Svobodny in the Korsakovsky District in the southern part of Sakhalin. The epicenter was located at a depth of 408 kilometers.
According to seismologists, the earthquake was not felt in the island’s populated areas, and no tsunami alert was issued. The US Geological Survey also estimated the seismic event at a magnitude of 6.5.
A powerful earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan on August 8. Japan’s Meteorological Agency is warning of the possibility of aftershocks of up to 6 points after a powerful earthquake that occurred on Thursday afternoon off the southeastern coast of the Japanese island of Kyushu, RIA Novosti reports.
“Aftershocks of up to 6 points (on the 7-point scale adopted in Japan – ed.) are possible within a week,” a representative of the General Meteorological Agency said during a press conference. The broadcast was carried out by the NHK television channel.
A powerful earthquake occurred off the southeastern coast of Kyushu Island at 16:43 local time (10:43 Moscow time). The center was located at a depth of 30 kilometers under water in the Hyuga-Nada Sea in the Pacific Ocean. The magnitude of the earthquake was initially determined as 6.9, but was later increased to 7.1. Tremors of up to 5 points were felt in the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima. There is no information about casualties or damage.
Following the earthquake, a tsunami warning was issued for the east coast of Kyushu Island and the west and south coasts of Shikoku Island. As was later reported, a tsunami up to one meter high reached the coast of Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture after a powerful earthquake near Kyushu, NHK reported. The channel’s announcer clarified that a tidal wave of about 50 centimeters was recorded on the coast.
According to the TV channel, a tidal wave up to a meter high is also expected in the Ehime Prefecture area on Shikoku Island. The tremors stopped the movement of high-speed trains. There are no reports of damage or casualties. No disruptions were recorded at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture on Kyushu Island or at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant in Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku Island.
An earthquake occurred off the coast of the Southern Kuril Islands on July 30. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 was registered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Southern Kuril Islands. This was reported to RIA Novosti by specialists from the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 occurred on July 30 at 9:35 a.m. local time (1:35 a.m. Moscow time). Its epicenter was located 73 kilometers east of the village of Malokurilskoye on the Kuril island of Shikotan, the source was at a depth of 58 kilometers.
According to seismologists, the earthquake was not felt in the islands’ populated areas, and no tsunami alert was issued.
It should be added that the US Geological Survey estimated this seismic event at a magnitude of 4.8.
A strong earthquake hit Taiwan on April 3. The earthquake that occurred in Taiwan on Wednesday was the most powerful on the island in the last 25 years, RIA Novosti reports, citing Wu Jianfu, director of the Seismic Measurement and Forecasting Center of the Taiwan Meteorological Administration. This earthquake was the most powerful in 25 years after the earthquake of September 21 (1999). Then, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 occurred.
He also noted that Taiwan experiences two to four earthquakes of magnitude 6 to 7 per year, but those above 7 are rare.
An earthquake measuring 7.3 in magnitude struck off the coast of Hualien County, located in the eastern part of Taiwan, on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Administration. Since then, the island has been hit by more than 11 tremors measuring over 4 in magnitude, according to the administration. According to statistics, tremors in Hualien County occur more frequently than in other parts of the island; in February 2018, a devastating earthquake measuring 6.5 in magnitude killed 16 people and injured another 285.
The magnitude of the most powerful earthquake, according to updated data from Japan’s main meteorological agency, was 7.7. After that, earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.6 and 6.3 occurred. Judging by the footage published by users in X, some buildings in Taiwan were damaged – they tilted and were partially destroyed.
According to media reports citing the island’s fire service, the death toll from the earthquake in Taiwan has risen to four, with 97 injured.