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

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)

shortlink to this page is – –     http://wp.me/pA5vn-1ad      — and it’s on the sidebar under “Fukushima”.