2016 Kumamoto earthquakes

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The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes were a destructive series of strong quakes in Japan’s Kyushu region that caused widespread damage, landslides, and significant loss of life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake sequence
natural disaster
aftershocksCount thousands
casualtiesDeaths over 50
casualtiesInjured over 3000
category 2016 disasters in Japan
Earthquakes in Japan
History of Kumamoto Prefecture
causedBuildingCollapse true
causedEconomicLosses billions of US dollars
causedGasSupplyDisruption true
causedInfrastructureDamage true
causedPowerOutages true
causedTransportDisruption true
causedWaterSupplyDisruption true
country Japan
damagedStructure Aso Ohashi Bridge NERFINISHED
Kumamoto Castle NERFINISHED
displacedPeople over 100000
endDate 2016-04-16
faultSystem Futagawa–Hinagu fault zone NERFINISHED
foreshockDate 2016-04-14
foreshockMagnitude 6.2 Mw
6.4 Mw
locatedIn Kumamoto Prefecture NERFINISHED
Kyushu NERFINISHED
Oita Prefecture NERFINISHED
mainAffectedCity Kumamoto NERFINISHED
mainAffectedTown Mashiki NERFINISHED
mainAffectedVillage Minamiaso NERFINISHED
mainshockDate 2016-04-16
mainshockMagnitude 7.0 Mw
maximumIntensity JMA seismic intensity 7
maximumIntensityScale Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale NERFINISHED
monitoredBy Japan Meteorological Agency NERFINISHED
notableAftershockMagnitude 6.0 Mw
occurredNearPlateBoundary Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED
occurredOnPlate Amur Plate NERFINISHED
promptedEmergencyResponse Government of Japan NERFINISHED
Japan Self-Defense Forces NERFINISHED
promptedEvacuations true
promptedInternationalAid true
startDate 2016-04-14
tectonicSetting subduction zone related crustal faulting
timeZone JST NERFINISHED
triggeredLandslides true
type strike-slip earthquake

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Kumamoto, Japan experiencedEvent 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes