Earthquake — Japan: Kyushu: Fukuoka, Genkai

Quand

20 mars 2005

Type

Séisme

Magnitude

6.6

Position

Japan

Coordonnées

33.81° N, 130.13° E

Deaths

1

Injuries

500

Houses destroyed

65

Depth km

10

Earthquake off the coast of Japan

On 20 March 2005, at 10:53:41 JST, a MJMA 7.0 earthquake struck in the Genkai Sea off the coast of Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It was the largest earthquake ever recorded in the prefecture. It damaged or destroyed 20,300 houses and many buildings, killed an elderly woman and injured over 1,200 people, with the vast majority of damage and casualties occurring in Fukuoka Prefecture, especially Genkai Island, whe…

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