Powerful Quake Strikes Omachi, Japan

HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SEISMIC HAZARDS
SCENARIOS 704, 703, 702, 701, 700, [500,] 09, 08, 07, 02
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M6.8 Quake strikes 8km NW of Tanabe, Japan

Centered at 36.7°N, 137.9°E the quake struck at a depth of about 10km, said the local meteorological agency.

The powerful quake, which registered -6 on the local severity scale of 7, was felt throughout most of the main Honshu island.

The epicenter was located about 100km SW of Kashiwazaki Nuclear Power Station in Niigata Prefecture, and about 115km SE of Shika Nuclear Power Plant in Ishikawa Pref., Japan. (See maps Below)

EQ Location Map

Map of Japan Nuclear Power Stations

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