2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
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The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes happened on April 14−16, 2016[11] near Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan. A foreshock of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale happened on the evening of April 14 at 21:26 Japan Standard Time. The main earthquake happened at 1:25 am JST with a magnitude of 7.0 on April 16.
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UTC time | 2016-04-15 16:25:06 |
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ISC event | 610289055 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16)[2] |
Local time | 01:25 JST (UTC+9) |
Magnitude | 7.0 Mw[2] |
Depth | 10 km[3] |
Epicenter | 32°46′55.2″N 130°43′33.6″E[2] |
Type | Strike-slip |
Areas affected | Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan[4] |
Max. intensity | IX (Violent) JMA 7 |
Foreshocks | 6.2Mw, April 14, 2016 (2016-04-14) 12:26:36 (UTC), 21:26:36 (JST)[4][5][6] |
Casualties | Foreshock: 9 dead, 1,108 injured Mainshock: 41 dead, 2,021 injured[7] Total:50 dead, 3,129 injured[8][9][10] |
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A total of 48 people died in the two earthquakes. About 3,000 more were injured. There was severe damage in and around Kumamoto. Many structures including Kumamoto-Castle fell and some of them caught fire and infrastructures, especially water, electricity and gas supply are destructed. More than 44,000 people had to leave the area because of the disaster and most of them suffer hard living in shelters.