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2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake

2008 CE · Japan, Asia · Disaster

2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake
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On 14 June, the 2008 Iwate earthquake struck the Tōhoku region of northeastern Honshū in Japan. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake the Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake in 2008 . This earthquake occurred in the south of the inland of Iwate Prefecture at 8:43 JST on June 14. The JMA magnitude was estimated at MJMA7.

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