A major M7.0 earthquake occurred on the island of Kyushu, Japan on 15th April 2016 at 16:25 UTC (01:25 on 16th April local time). A number of aftershocks have been recorded. A tsunami alert was issued for Japanese costal areas.
The first arrival at INSN was recorded at the ILTH (Bellurgen, Co Louth) seismic station at 16:37:44 UTC.
Below is as an image of the seismic traces of the the main event recorded on the stations of INSN.
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Posted: 18th April 2016 by Anna
2016-04-15 – Earthquake Kyushu, Japan
A major M7.0 earthquake occurred on the island of Kyushu, Japan on 15th April 2016 at 16:25 UTC (01:25 on 16th April local time). A number of aftershocks have been recorded. A tsunami alert was issued for Japanese costal areas.
The first arrival at INSN was recorded at the ILTH (Bellurgen, Co Louth) seismic station at 16:37:44 UTC.
Below is as an image of the seismic traces of the the main event recorded on the stations of INSN.
Category: Geophysics, Geophysics Section News & Events Tags: DIAS Geophysics, earthquake, INSN, seismic record, seismology
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