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Niigata Earthquake 2024: Magnitude 6.0, No Risk of Tsunami Damage

2024/01/09 18:05 Weather News

At around 17:59 on Tuesday, January 9th, there was an earthquake in Niigata Prefecture with a maximum seismic intensity of lower 5.

Epicenter: Near Sado
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth of epicenter: Approximately 10km
There is no worry about tsunami damage from this earthquake.

This is the first earthquake of M6 or higher since the M7.6 earthquake that occurred at around 16:10 on January 1st (Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2020), and the first earthquake of M6 or higher since the M6.1 earthquake that occurred at 16:18 on the 1st. , it’s been about 8 days. This is the largest earthquake to occur near Sado in a series of events.
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There is no risk of tsunami damage occurring.

Points where seismic intensity of 3 or higher was observed

Observed long-period ground motion class 1

2024-01-09 09:00:00
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