On July 18 at 8:07 PM local time, as the first day of Summer 2024 started, Tokyo’s East Coast of Hachijojima Island experienced 5.8 M earthquake. Most of the mainland Tokyo areas felt the strongest intensity at 3.
Although the tremors were felt widely, the city’s advanced infrastructure and stringent building codes minimized the potential for catastrophic damage. There was no tsunami warning and report of damage.
The jolt on the first day of summer serves as a reminder of Tokyo’s vulnerability to natural disasters, but also highlights the strength and solidarity of its people. At night on this eventful day, Tokyo remains calm and quiet, ready to embrace the summer ahead.
Shindo refers to the intensity of an earthquake at a given location, i.e. what people actually feel at a given location, while the Richter scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake, i.e. the energy an earthquake releases at the epicenter.
Seismic Intensity (Shindo)
This represents the level of shaking in a particular area. The levels go from 0 (the weakest) to 7 (the strongest). Levels 5 and 6 have both “lower” and “upper” levels, making 10 levels in total. This 10-level seismic intensity scale is only used in Japan.
Earthquake Report on July 18, 2024
Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)
- 4 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
- 13 earthquakes in the past 7 days
- 49 earthquakes in the past 30 days
- 820 earthquakes in the past 365 days
The largest earthquake in Japan:
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