New-New QuakeS at Fukushima + UPDATES

2013 Quakes Near Fukushima Daiichi

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Dec. 31 – Two Earthquakes Strike Eastern Japan Near Fukushima Nuclear Site < 5.1 and 3.6M

many quakes in between . . . .

Nov. 18 – 5.7 south of Honshu, offshore

Nov. 16 – 5.5 at Fukushima Daiichi NPP area – MAP

Nov. 15 –5.2 quake North Japan – up by Hokkaido … large quakes continue near Fukushima (M4 range) and very large steady amount of quake swarms north of Fukushima – JMA map

many quakes in between . . . .

Nov. 10 – 5.6M Quake north of Tokyo &  4.8 offshore from Fukushima < MAP

Nov. 9 – Quake Swarm at Fukushima

Nov. 6 –  3.3 Quake Right at Fukushima – not on USGS maps

many, many large quakes in between – JMA

Oct. 25 – Very strong earthquake M 7.1 off shore Fukushima NPP

 – some list it as 7.3. Complete media blackout on it. No photos, film Twitter etc. out of Japan on it. MORE:

• Dutchsinse – ‘Disappeared’ Typhoon Lekima Off Japan, UPDATED (has video about the news blackout by Dana)
• 7.3 Super Quake Offshore from Fukushima Wrecked Plant

Aug. 12 – 6.6 Quake offshore Japan

Aug. 4 – 6.0 Earthquake Shakes Northeastern Japan

many quakes in between . . . .

May 19 – 5.9 quake north of Japan

May 18 – 6.0 offshore a little NE from Fukushima Daiichi and Daiani < MAP < better MAP

May 14 – 7.o down by Pagan Is.  – South of Japan (data scrubbed from the net)

April 17 – 6.2 quake southeast off Tokyo < MAP

“Japan MAY experience even MORE stronger earthquakes in the next few hours/days.  Take precautions.”

Quake swarm there.

April 12 – 5.8 quake South Japan

April 7 – 5.0 quake N.E. from Tokyo < MAP

April 5 – 6.2 quake in Eastern Russia is very near Japan! < MAP

April 1 –  (not a joke!)  6.0 quake

Mar. 27 – 5.0 quake North Japan < MAP

Mar. 26 – 5.4 quake offshore from Fukushima < MAP

Mar. 25 – North of Japan,  Kuril Is. area :

6.1 – EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS < MAP
4.4 – KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA 

Mar.  1 – 6.9 – KURIL ISLANDS < MAP  … 6.5 there too

many quakes in between . . .

Feb. 25 – M6.2 quake, E. Japan — Felt over span of 500 kilometers — 13 quakes near same spot in two hours

Feb. 19 – 5.6 quake Off Shore – SE from Tokyo

Feb. 18 – 6.0 quake Off Shore – East of Japan

MAP	5.6	2013/02/19 12:27:38	35.246	140.957	35.0	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	4.6	2013/02/18 11:10:57	39.103	140.874	44.0	EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	4.7	2013/02/18 11:06:44	38.865	142.238	61.3	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	4.6	2013/02/18 10:59:36	32.144	138.664	10.3	IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Fukushima Diary – There has been over 1300 quakes in Hakone since mid January of 2013

many quakes in between

Feb. 9 M5 quake at Fukushima < MAP

Feb. 3 – Stacked Quakes offshore E. Japan

Quake with oddly undisclosed magnitude at Sapporo, North Japan < MAP

Feb. 2 – 6.9 QUAKE Sapporo, North Japan < MAP

many large ≥M4 quakes in between

Jan. 29 – 4.8 quake Sapporo, N. Japan < MAP

Jan. 27 – 5.1 quake at Fukushima, just south of the nuke plant < MAP

Jan 23 – 5.3 quake North Sapporo, N. Japan < MAP

4.9 quake offshore from Fukushima < MAP

Jan. 22 – 5.0 quake North Sapporo, N. Japan < MAP

4.5 quake NE of Fukushima, offshore < MAP

4.9 quake Near Tokyo Bay < MAP

Jan. 17 – 4.8 quake in Sapporo, N. Japan < MAP  – maybe aftershock

Jan. 16 – 5.0 quake in Sapporo, N. Japan < MAP

Jan. 15 – 5.0 quake offshore, S. Japan < MAP

Jan. 13 – M5 quake north of Fukushima Daiichi plant (about 50 mi. north) < MAP

Jan. 10 – M5 quake hits Fukushima – has video of it

Jan. 8 – 5.4 quake in NE Japan < MAP

many quakes over M4 in between . . .

Jan. 3 – Many Japan Quakes –

• 4.7 offshore  Fukushima < MAP
• 4.8 west of Makubetsu in North Japan < MAP
• 4.7 offshore south of Tokyo < MAP
• 4.6 offshore South Japan < MAP
• 4.7 North of Sapporo (N. Japan) < MAP

Jan. 2 – 4.7 quake offshore from Fukushima Daiichi (MAP) and 4.3 in Obihiro, N. Japan (MAP)

Jan. 1 – 4.6 quake North Japan, Aomori  < MAP

5.7 Quake NE from Japan, 170.50 miles from Vostok, Sakhalin, Russia <MAP (zoom out)

2014 Quakes

EARLIER 2012 posts –

• 2012 Earthquakes – https://flyingcuttlefish.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/2012-quakes-at-fukushima/
• https://flyingcuttlefish.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/new-new-quake-at-fukushima/
• https://flyingcuttlefish.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/breaking-news-m4-2-hit-fukushima-again/

[ we will be surprised if there will be anything left to report on in 2014 ]

RESOURCES:

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IRIS World Map with seismic activity

Dutchsinse’s earthquake monitoring sourses

Kyoshin Strong Motion Dectection (in Japan)

JAIF has the earthquake reports (use Jan. 12, 2012 date search for example)

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