Japan Earthquake & Tsunami News

Eastern Japan, Tokyo and Kanto areas rocked by additional quakes

Between 9:30 and 10 p.m. local time, March 17, eastern Japan, Tokyo and the Kanto regions of Japan have been hit with three more earthquakes. The epicenters were in Chiba, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures and registered 5.8, 4.9, and 5.8 respectively at the epicenters. In the Kanto region, the tremors scored between 3 and 4 on the Japanese seismic scale.

Tokyo encountering new tremors today (3/16)

We've had at least three fairly strong tremors in Tokyo this morning and so far, more than 20 quakes have occurred nationwide today (since 0 am, 3/16). The largest of these reached 5.8 - 6.0 on the Japanese seismic scale.

5 magnitude quake hit Tokyo 3/15

In addition to the powerful earthquake that shook Shizuoka on Tuesday, a 5 magnitude quake struck Tokyo Bay the same day in the early morning. The quake was very brief, but somewhat frightening as it was an "up-and-downer" rather than a "back-and-forther." For more info on the many quakes and aftershocks that have hit Japan since last Friday, take a look at the full list available from the Japan Meteorological Agency (see link in right hand sidebar).

New quakes

A strong quake rattled the eastern part of Shizuoka prefecture yesterday (Tues) morning and level 4 and 5 tremors were recorded throughout neighboring prefectures with the highest reaching 6+ levels near the epicenter in Fujinomiya City. In Tokyo and elsewhere in Kanto, small to medium tremors occurred throughout Tuesday and several have been recorded this morning (3/16) as well.

Tokyo shakes again

Just felt another quake in Tokyo (about 10:30 local time). Epicenter off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture. Registered about a 3 here in Tokyo and lasted only 15-20 seconds.