Fukushima, Japan

November 21, 2016, M 6.9 Earthquake

LINKS TO AVAILABLE INFORMATION

• • USGS Event Page
  • USGS PAGER Report
  • EERI Preliminary Notes on Tsunami Damage and Response: Tsunami Generated by MJMA7.4 (MW6.9) Fukushima, Japan, Earthquake on November 22, 2016 by Rick Wilson, Senior Engineering Geologist with the California Geological Survey; Shunichi Koshimura, Professor of Civil Engineering at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University; Haruo Hayashi, President of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience in Japan; Lori Dengler, Professor Emeritus of Geology at Humboldt State University; James Goltz,Retired Branch Chief with the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Volcanic Program at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

SELECT NEWS ARTICLES

• • BBC – Fukushima: Japan lifts tsunami alert after 7.4 quake, 11/22/16
  • New York Times – Earthquake Off Fukushima, Japan, Triggers Tsunami, 11/21/16
  • Japan Times – Northeast Japan dodges bullet from M[JMA]7.4 quake, 11/22/16
  • Reuters – Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake near Fukushima disaster site, 11/22/16