June 11, 2006 Earthquake: Kyushu, Japan

Date

June 11, 2006

Time

20:01:26 UTC

Place

Kyushu, Japan

Magnitude

6.3 (Mw)

Focal depth

140 km (87 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

33.129° N, 131.141° E

Country

Japan

Injuries

8

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• May 21, 1792, Kyusyu Island, JapanM6.4 · 15,030 deaths · 6,200 houses destroyed · 87 km
• June 30, 744, Shimabara, Yatsushiro, Higo, JapanM6.4 · 1,520 deaths · 470 houses destroyed · 101 km
• June 16, 1026, Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, JapanM7.5 · 1,001 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed · 195 km
• September 4, 1596, Beppu Bay, JapanM6.9 · 708 deaths · 80 houses destroyed · 55 km
• April 15, 2016, Kumamoto, Oita, JapanM7 · 273 deaths · $20 billion · 43,386 houses destroyed · 52 km
• October 30, 1662, Hiuganada, JapanM7.9 · 200 deaths · 2,500 houses destroyed · 178 km
• January 12, 1914, Sakurijima, JapanM7.1 · 63 deaths · $19 million · 2,268 houses destroyed · 178 km
• September 10, 1597, Beppu Bay, JapanM6.4 · 40 deaths · 47 km
• July 28, 2026, Kumamoto, JapanM6.8 · 38 deaths · 3,539 houses destroyed · 63 km
• December 7, 1922, Kyushu, Japan27 deaths · 92 km
• July 28, 1889, Kumamoto, JapanM6.3 · 20 deaths · 239 houses destroyed · 55 km
• August 6, 1984, Nobeoka, Kyushu, JapanM6.7 · 20 deaths · 112 km
• June 2, 1905, Aki, JapanM7.8 · 11 deaths · 59 houses destroyed · 125 km
• July 12, 1676, Tuwano, Japan7 deaths · 172 km
• February 21, 1968, Kyushu, JapanM6.3 · 3 deaths · 135 km

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