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According to Japan Meteorological Agency, 6 intense quakes hit Hyuga-nada within only 5 hours on 8/29/2014. It started at 1:34 of 8/29/2014 (JST). Magnitude was 4.3. The last one occurred at 6:59 of the same day and 3 more quakes hit the same location approx. within 24 hours. During the first 5 hours, M6.1 level of the quake happened twice. Hyuga-nada is east offshore of Kyushu, where is the western end of “Nankai Trough”. (cf, The potential Nankai megathrust earthquake would cause 220 trillion yen damage and 5 million evacuees [URL]) ↓ The location of Nankai Trough (Red Line) and Hyuga-nada, where the continuous intense quakes occurred. (Wikipedia)
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 10:47:00 +0000

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