2016 Kumamoto earthquakes Destroyed house by the earthquakes
UTC time2016-04-15 16:25:06 ISC event610289055 USGS-ANSS ComCat Local date April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16 ) [ 2] Local time 01:25 JST (UTC+9) Magnitude 7.0 Mw [ 2] Depth 10 km[ 3] Epicenter 32°46′55.2″N 130°43′33.6″E / 32.782000°N 130.726000°E / 32.782000; 130.726000 [ 2] Type Strike-slip Areas affected Kumamoto Prefecture , Kyushu , Japan [ 4] Max. intensityIX (Violent ) JMA 7 Foreshocks 6.2Mw , April 14, 2016 (2016-04-14 ) 12:26:36 (UTC ), 21:26:36 (JST )[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Casualties Foreshock : 9 dead, 1,108 injured
Mainshock : 41 dead, 2,021 injured[ 7]
Total :50 dead, 3,129 injured[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes happened on April 14−16, 2016[ 11] near Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan . A foreshock of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale happened on the evening of April 14 at 21:26 Japan Standard Time . The main earthquake happened at 1:25 am JST with a magnitude of 7.0 on April 16.
A total of 48 people died in the two earthquakes. About 3,000 more were injured. There was severe damage in and around Kumamoto. Many structures including Kumamoto-Castle fell and some of them caught fire and infrastructures , especially water, electricity and gas supply are destructed. More than 44,000 people had to leave the area because of the disaster and most of them suffer hard living in shelters .
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