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Outburst! Japan has had two consecutive earthquakes

author:A brilliant little Muggle

On the evening of August 29, there were two consecutive seismic events in Japan, so let's take a look at the details of these two seismic events.

At 20:37:12 Beijing time on August 29, 2023, and 21:37:12 local time in Japan, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred near the east coast of Honshu, with an epicenter at 35.71 degrees north latitude and 140.88 degrees east longitude, with a focal depth of 45.81 kilometers.

Outburst! Japan has had two consecutive earthquakes

The epicenter of the earthquake was less than 80 kilometers from the Tokyo metropolitan area, so the earthquake was felt in the Tokyo city at the time of the earthquake, and there have been many sensed seismic activities in the eastern part of Tokyo for nearly a month.

Outburst! Japan has had two consecutive earthquakes

Just 40 minutes after the 4.7 magnitude earthquake on the east coast of Honshu, 2023 Beijing time 21:15:55 Beijing time, and 22:15:55 local time in Japan, another 4.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Bonin Islands area of Japan, with an epicenter at 27.70 degrees north latitude and 139.81 degrees east longitude, with a focal depth of 493.16 kilometers. Since the epicenter of this earthquake was far away from the Japanese mainland and the depth of the epicenter was more than 490 kilometers, there was no earthquake in Japan at the time of the earthquake.

Outburst! Japan has had two consecutive earthquakes

Since Japan announced that it would discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, there have been 10 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or higher in Japan in a week, including 2 earthquakes above magnitude 5.0, which may also be a warning from heaven to Japan that if the contaminated water continues to be discharged into the sea without taking corrective measures, there will be more natural disasters in Japan.

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