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2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake

2007 CE · Japan, Asia · Disaster

2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake
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A magnitude 6. 6 earthquake occurred 10:13 local time on July 16, 2007, at a previously unknown offshore fault in the northwest Niigata Prefecture of Japan. The city of Kashiwazaki and the villages of Iizuna and Kariwa registered the highest seismic intensity of a strong 6 on Japan's shindo scale, and the quake was felt as far away as Tokyo.

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