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style="display:none">Earthquake in Japan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/July_2008_Iwate_earthquake" title="July 2008 Iwate earthquake">July 2008 Iwate earthquake</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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class="nickname" lang="ja">岩手・宮城内陸地震</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%B2%A9%E6%89%8B%E3%83%BB%E5%AE%AE%E5%9F%8E%E5%86%85%E9%99%B8%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87%E3%81%AB%E3%82%88%E3%82%8B%E6%B2%B3%E9%81%93%E9%96%89%E5%A1%9E%EF%BC%88%E8%BF%AB%E5%B7%9D%E3%83%BB%E6%A0%97%E5%8E%9F%E5%B8%82%E6%B5%85%E5%B8%83%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%EF%BC%89.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="infobox-label">USGS-<a href="/wiki/Advanced_National_Seismic_System" title="Advanced National Seismic System">ANSS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000g9h6">ComCat</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local date</th><td class="infobox-data">14 June 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-06-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local time</th><td class="infobox-data">08:43 <a href="/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">JST</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Magnitude</th><td class="infobox-data">7.2 <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mjma" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000005-QINU`"'</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="JMA 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate Prefecture</a>, <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Maximum">Max.</abbr> intensity</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="background-color:rgba(165, 0, 33); padding:4px; color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_seismic_intensity_scale#jma_6+" title="Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale"><span style="color:white;">JMA 6+</span></a> (<a href="/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_scale#mmi-7" title="Modified Mercalli intensity scale"><span style="color:white;">MMI VII</span></a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak acceleration</th><td class="infobox-data">4.36 <i><a href="/wiki/Peak_ground_acceleration" title="Peak ground acceleration">g</a></i> (vector sum)<br />4278 <a href="/wiki/Gal_(unit)" title="Gal (unit)">Gal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Aftershocks</th><td class="infobox-data">483 felt aftershocks by 1 July (JMA)<sup id="cite_ref-JMA-feltafter_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMA-feltafter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Largest: <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mjma" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="JMA mag.">M<sub>JMA</sub></span></a> 5.7 on 14 June (9:20 JST) </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Casualties</th><td class="infobox-data">12 dead, 436 injured (1 July 2007 at 17:00 JST)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 14 June, the <b>2008 Iwate earthquake</b> struck the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a> of northeastern <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a> in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-JMA-tremors_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMA-tremors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency" title="Japan Meteorological Agency">Japan Meteorological Agency</a> (JMA) officially named this earthquake the <b>Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake in 2008</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">平成20年（2008年）岩手・宮城内陸地震</span></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This earthquake occurred in the south of the inland of <a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate Prefecture</a> at 8:43 <a href="/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">JST</a> on June 14 (23:43 <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> on June 13).<sup id="cite_ref-JMA-4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMA-4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The JMA magnitude was estimated at M<sub>JMA</sub>  7.2,<sup id="cite_ref-JMA-4_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMA-4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">moment magnitude</a> by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">USGS</a> was at <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mw" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Moment mag. scale">M<sub>w</sub></span></a> 6.9.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Epicenter" title="Epicenter">epicenter</a> was located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&params=39_01.7_N_140_52.8_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°01.7′N</span> <span class="longitude">140°52.8′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.0283°N 140.8800°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.0283; 140.8800</span></span></span></a></span></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-JMA-4_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMA-4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> about 85 kilometres (55 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a> and about 385 kilometres (240 mi) north-northeast of Tokyo.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The strongest shaking was measured in the cities of <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Csh%C5%AB,_Iwate" title="Ōshū, Iwate">Ōshū</a> (Iwate) and <a href="/wiki/Kurihara,_Miyagi" title="Kurihara, Miyagi">Kurihara</a> (Miyagi), both of which were measured as "strong 6" on the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_seismic_intensity_scale" title="Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale">Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale</a>, shindo<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">震度</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">shindo</i></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-JMA-tremors_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMA-tremors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peak_ground_acceleration" title="Peak ground acceleration">Peak ground acceleration</a> readings were high, with a maximum vector sum (3 component) value of 4,278 cm/s<sup>2</sup> (4.36g).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intensity">Intensity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Intensity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Seismic_intensity" class="mw-redirect" title="Seismic intensity">Seismic intensity</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">震度</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shindo</i></span>)</span> represents the strength of <a href="/wiki/Ground_motion" title="Ground motion">ground motion</a>. JMA uses the scales of 0 to 7: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, weak/strong 5, weak/strong 6, 7. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Prefecture </th> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_seismic_intensity_scale" title="Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale">Seismic intensities</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #A50021; color: white;">6+ </td> <td style="background-color: #FF2800; color: white;">6- </td> <td style="background-color: #FF9900;">5+ </td> <td style="background-color: #FFE600;">5- </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miyagi_Prefecture" title="Miyagi Prefecture">Miyagi</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #A50021; color: white;">6+ </td> <td style="background-color: #FF2800; color: white;">6- </td> <td style="background-color: #FF9900;">5+ </td> <td style="background-color: #FFE600;">5- </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #FF9900;">5+ </td> <td style="background-color: #FFE600;">5- </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Prefecture" title="Yamagata Prefecture">Yamagata</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #FFE600;">5- </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #FFE600;">5- </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori">Aomori</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAE696;">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gunma" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunma">Gunma</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture" title="Saitama Prefecture">Saitama</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanagawa">Kanagawa</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture" title="Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #0041FF; color: white;">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ishikawa_Prefecture" title="Ishikawa Prefecture">Ishikawa</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagano_Prefecture" title="Nagano Prefecture">Nagano</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #B3EAED;">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aichi" class="mw-redirect" title="Aichi">Aichi</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2FF;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Tremors were felt across a large area.<sup id="cite_ref-JMA-tremors_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMA-tremors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/JMA_seismic_intensity" class="mw-redirect" title="JMA seismic intensity">Intensity</a> </th> <th>Prefecture </th> <th>Location<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#a50021; color:#fff">6+ </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Csh%C5%AB,_Iwate" title="Ōshū, Iwate">Ōshū</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miyagi_Prefecture" title="Miyagi Prefecture">Miyagi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurihara" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurihara">Kurihara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF0000; color:#fff">6- </th> <td>Miyagi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Csaki,_Miyagi" title="Ōsaki, Miyagi">Osaki</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" style="background:#FF8C00">5+ </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuzawa,_Akita" title="Yuzawa, Akita">Yuzawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Higashinaruse" class="mw-redirect" title="Higashinaruse">Higashinaruse</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iwate </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kitakami,_Iwate" title="Kitakami, Iwate">Kitakami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichinoseki" class="mw-redirect" title="Ichinoseki">Ichinoseki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanegasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanegasaki">Kanegasaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiraizumi" title="Hiraizumi">Hiraizumi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miyagi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kami,_Miyagi" title="Kami, Miyagi">Kami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakuya" title="Wakuya">Wakuya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tome,_Miyagi" title="Tome, Miyagi">Tome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Misato,_Miyagi" title="Misato, Miyagi">Misato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natori,_Miyagi" title="Natori, Miyagi">Natori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miyagino-ku,_Sendai" title="Miyagino-ku, Sendai">Miyagino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakabayashi-ku,_Sendai" title="Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai">Wakabayashi</a>), <a href="/wiki/Rifu" title="Rifu">Rifu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5" style="background:#FFD700; color:#000000">5- </th> <td>Akita </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yokote" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokote">Yokote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ugo,_Akita" title="Ugo, Akita">Ugo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Misato,_Akita" title="Misato, Akita">Misato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daisen,_Akita" title="Daisen, Akita">Daisen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iwate </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tono,_Iwate" class="mw-redirect" title="Tono, Iwate">Tono</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fujisawa,_Iwate" title="Fujisawa, Iwate">Fujisawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nishiwaga" title="Nishiwaga">Nishiwaga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miyagi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shikama" class="mw-redirect" title="Shikama">Shikama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kakuda,_Miyagi" title="Kakuda, Miyagi">Kakuda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iwanuma" title="Iwanuma">Iwanuma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zao,_Miyagi" class="mw-redirect" title="Zao, Miyagi">Zao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogawara" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogawara">Ogawara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Miyagi" title="Kawasaki, Miyagi">Kawasaki</a>, Sendai (<a href="/wiki/Aoba-ku,_Sendai" title="Aoba-ku, Sendai">Aoba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Izumi-ku,_Sendai" title="Izumi-ku, Sendai">Izumi</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ishinomaki" title="Ishinomaki">Ishinomaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohira,_Miyagi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohira, Miyagi">Ohira</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Prefecture" title="Yamagata Prefecture">Yamagata</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mogami,_Yamagata" title="Mogami, Yamagata">Mogami</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinchi">Shinchi</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tectonics">Tectonics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tectonics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">United States Geological Survey</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>The Mw 6.8 Honshu earthquake of June 13th 2008 occurred in a region of convergence between the Pacific plate and the Okhotsk section of the North American plate in northern Japan, where the Pacific plate is moving west-northwest with respect to North America at a rate of approximately 8.3 cm/yr. The hypocenter of the earthquake indicates shallow thrusting motion in the upper (Okhotsk) plate, above the subducting Pacific plate, which lies at approximately 80 km depth at this location.</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>The earthquake occurred in a region of upper-plate contraction, probably within the complicated tectonics of the Ou Backbone Range, known to have hosted several large earthquakes in historic times. The largest of these events occurred in 1896, approximately 70 km north of the June 13th event, and killed over 200 people in the local area.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftershocks">Aftershocks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftershocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to JMA:<sup id="cite_ref-JMA-feltafter_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMA-feltafter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aftershocks of this earthquake were stronger than the <a href="/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake" title="Great Hanshin earthquake">Great Hanshin earthquake</a> in 1995, but they happened much less frequently. </p><p>Over 200 aftershocks were observed in the first 24 hours, with about 400 in total over the first seven days. The largest ones (with M<sub>j</sub>5.0 or greater) were </p> <dl><dd>June 14, 9:20: M<sub>j</sub>5.7: Max. seismic intensity reached Strong 5;</dd> <dd>June 14, 12:27: M<sub>j</sub>5.2: Max. seismic intensity reached 4;</dd> <dd>June 16, 23:14: M<sub>j</sub>5.3: Max. seismic intensity reached 4.</dd></dl> <p>From June 21 to July 1, four to 12 aftershocks were observed each day, with maximum seismic intensities of 3. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Effects">Effects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matsurube_Ohashi(bridge).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Matsurube_Ohashi%28bridge%29.JPG/250px-Matsurube_Ohashi%28bridge%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Matsurube_Ohashi%28bridge%29.JPG/375px-Matsurube_Ohashi%28bridge%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Matsurube_Ohashi%28bridge%29.JPG/500px-Matsurube_Ohashi%28bridge%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Riho Bridge collapsed after the earthquake</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 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href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Northern_Japan_hit_by_strong_quake" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Northern Japan hit by strong quake"> Northern Japan hit by strong quake</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Landslides">Landslides</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Landslides"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Landslides triggered by this earthquake crushed structures, buried people, cut off access to certain roads, and isolated some rural communities.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mud from landslides dammed up rivers to form lakes called "<a href="/wiki/Landslide_dam" title="Landslide dam">quake lakes</a>"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">せき止め湖</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">sekitomeko</i></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By June 19, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Land,_Infrastructure_and_Transport_(Japan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan)">Ministry of Land</a> had identified fifteen quake lakes in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and work crews began draining three of them which were at high risk of overflow or breach from rain or aftershocks.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Human_casualties">Human casualties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Human casualties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 17:50 JST, June 25, twelve people were confirmed dead and 358 injured, and ten still missing.<sup id="cite_ref-FDMA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDMA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>In the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Pref., five people were buried in a landslide at a hot-spring inn called <i>Komanoyu</i>, which had stood on the mountainside of <a href="/wiki/Mt._Kurikoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt. Kurikoma">Mt. Kurikoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FDMA_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDMA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A woman aged 80 who had co-managed the inn with her husband, her 58-year-old son, a woman aged 75 who had worked at the inn, a 48-year-old tourism consultant, and an attendant of the <a href="/wiki/Railway_Museum_(Saitama)" title="Railway Museum (Saitama)">Railway Museum</a> aged 35 were all killed in the landslide.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the city of Kurihara, along Route 398, a landslide overwhelmed and killed three workers setting a rockfall containment net on a hillside.<sup id="cite_ref-FDMA_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDMA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asahi-140106_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asahi-140106-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Also in the city of Kurihara, along Route 398, a 59-year-old man was killed when his car was carried away by a landslide and buried.<sup id="cite_ref-FDMA_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDMA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>At a dam construction site in the city of Ōshū, Iwate Pref., a worker aged 48 was struck by falling rocks and died.<sup id="cite_ref-FDMA_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDMA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asahi-140106_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asahi-140106-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Pref., a person surprised by the tremor ran out into the road and was fatally struck by a truck.<sup id="cite_ref-FDMA_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDMA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asahi-140106_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asahi-140106-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Pref., near a fishing port, a person aged 55 was struck by falling rocks while fishing, fell into the sea, and drowned.<sup id="cite_ref-FDMA_16-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDMA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asahi-140106_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asahi-140106-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the city of Ōshū, a landslide caused a group of 20 people to become temporarily trapped in an overturned bus.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight of them were injured,<sup id="cite_ref-FDMA_16-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDMA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including one critically and five seriously.<sup id="cite_ref-Mainichi-bus_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mainichi-bus-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bus was running when overturned, and ten passengers escaped, prompted by the driver. Then an aftershock caused the bus to slip down slowly into a ravine until it was caught on some trees.<sup id="cite_ref-Mainichi-bus_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mainichi-bus-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the passengers who had escaped walked down the road with a mobile phone until he was able to get a signal, and made an emergency call.<sup id="cite_ref-Mainichi-bus_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mainichi-bus-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electric_power_supply">Electric power supply</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Electric power supply"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No nuclear power plants were shut down following this earthquake<sup id="cite_ref-NISA-8_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NISA-8-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> unlike the <a href="/wiki/2007_Ch%C5%ABetsu_offshore_earthquake" title="2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake">2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake</a> quake. Some water was found to have splashed out of a reaction container in the <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_II_Nuclear_Power_Plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant">Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant</a> possibly due to the tremor, but no radioactive material was released to the environment.<sup id="cite_ref-NISA-8_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NISA-8-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expressways_and_railways">Expressways and railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Expressways and railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Expressways in <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a> were closed in several sections, but all reopened by nighttime, barring traffic restrictions in one section for repair work.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some train services by <a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">JR East</a> were suspended on <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> and local lines, and resumed on the following day from the first scheduled trains.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Shinkansen" title="Tōhoku Shinkansen">Tōhoku Shinkansen</a>, all running trains, about 20, were stopped by an earthquake detection system. Most were soon moved to the nearest stations.<sup id="cite_ref-Sankei_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sankei-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, about 2,000 passengers were temporarily trapped inside three trains<sup id="cite_ref-MDN-trains_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDN-trains-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being evacuated<sup id="cite_ref-Sankei_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sankei-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> up to nine and a half hours later,<sup id="cite_ref-Mainichi-lifelines_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mainichi-lifelines-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because the trains were forced to stay in place while equipment inspections were carried out.<sup id="cite_ref-Sankei_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sankei-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Suspensions on Tōhoku, <a href="/wiki/Akita_Shinkansen" title="Akita Shinkansen">Akita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Shinkansen" title="Yamagata Shinkansen">Yamagata Shinkansen</a> and delays on <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Detsu_Shinkansen" title="Jōetsu Shinkansen">Jōetsu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hokuriku_Shinkansen" title="Hokuriku Shinkansen">Nagano</a> Shinkansen reportedly involved 117,000 passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-Mainichi-lifelines_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mainichi-lifelines-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No trains derailed.<sup id="cite_ref-MDN-trains_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDN-trains-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_2008" title="List of earthquakes in 2008">List of earthquakes in 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan" title="List of earthquakes in Japan">List of earthquakes in Japan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi_Nairiku_earthquake&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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The Asahi Shimbun Company. 2008-06-15. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080618114712/http://www.asahi.com/special/08006/TKY200806150185.html">Archived</a> from the original on 18 June 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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The Asahi Shimbun Company. 2008-06-15. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080618102457/http://www.asahi.com/special/08006/TKY200806150186.html">Archived</a> from the original on 18 June 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-06-19</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Japanese+quake+leaves+at+least+six+dead&rft.date=2008-06-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upi.com%2FTop_News%2F2008%2F06%2F14%2FUPI_NewsTrack_TopNews%2FUPI-51781213481661&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2008+Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi+Nairiku+earthquake" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mainichi-bus-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mainichi-bus_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mainichi-bus_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mainichi-bus_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/20080614/archive/news/2008/06/14/20080615k0000m040055000c.html">"岩手・宮城内陸地震：バスが沢に転落、１人重体奥州市"</a>. 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Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. 2008-06-14. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080624201900/http://www.meti.go.jp/press/20080614008/8ho.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 24 June 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 June</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%E5%B9%B3%E6%88%90%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%E5%B9%B4%E5%B2%A9%E6%89%8B%E3%83%BB%E5%AE%AE%E5%9F%8E%E5%86%85%E9%99%B8%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87%E8%A2%AB%E5%AE%B3%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1%EF%BC%88%E7%AC%AC%EF%BC%98%E5%A0%B1%EF%BC%89%EF%BC%88%EF%BC%96%E6%9C%88%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%94%E6%97%A5%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%97%E6%99%82%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%90%E7%8F%BE%E5%9C%A8%EF%BC%89&rft.date=2008-06-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meti.go.jp%2Fpress%2F20080614008%2F8ho.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2008+Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi+Nairiku+earthquake" class="Z3988"></span>As of 2008-06-14 (17:00 JST).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/20080614/archive/news/2008/06/15/20080615ddm002040076000c.html"><bdi lang="ja">岩手・宮城内陸地震：原発で水漏れ外部に影響なし</bdi></a> (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. 2008-06-15<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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The Mainichi Newspapers. 2008-06-15<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%E5%B2%A9%E6%89%8B%E3%83%BB%E5%AE%AE%E5%9F%8E%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87%EF%BC%9A%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%95%E6%97%A5%E5%A7%8B%E7%99%BA%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%99%E3%81%B9%E3%81%A6%E9%81%8B%E8%A1%8C%E2%80%A6%EF%BC%AA%EF%BC%B2%E6%9D%B1%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC&rft.date=2008-06-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmainichi.jp%2Fselect%2Fjiken%2F20080614%2Farchive%2Fnews%2F2008%2F06%2F15%2F20080616k0000m040050000c.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2008+Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi+Nairiku+earthquake" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>Last updated on 2008-06-15 (21:05 JST).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sankei-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sankei_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sankei_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sankei_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080619054231/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/disaster/080614/dst0806141931068-n1.htm"><bdi lang="ja">【岩手・宮城内陸地震】「脱線せず」はＪＲの対策が奏功か震源からの距離も影響？</bdi></a> (in Japanese). The Sankei Shimbun. 2008-06-14. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/disaster/080614/dst0806141931068-n1.htm">the original</a> on 2008-06-19<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-06-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%E3%80%90%E5%B2%A9%E6%89%8B%E3%83%BB%E5%AE%AE%E5%9F%8E%E5%86%85%E9%99%B8%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87%E3%80%91%E3%80%8C%E8%84%B1%E7%B7%9A%E3%81%9B%E3%81%9A%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AF%EF%BC%AA%EF%BC%B2%E3%81%AE%E5%AF%BE%E7%AD%96%E3%81%8C%E5%A5%8F%E5%8A%9F%E3%81%8B+%E9%9C%87%E6%BA%90%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%AE%E8%B7%9D%E9%9B%A2%E3%82%82%E5%BD%B1%E9%9F%BF%EF%BC%9F&rft.date=2008-06-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsankei.jp.msn.com%2Faffairs%2Fdisaster%2F080614%2Fdst0806141931068-n1.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2008+Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi+Nairiku+earthquake" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MDN-trains-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MDN-trains_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MDN-trains_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130218204540/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/archive/news/2008/06/14/20080614p2a00m0na015000c.html">"2,000 passengers trapped in bullet trains, 20,000 households lose power after quake"</a>. Mainichi Daily News. 2008-06-14. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/archive/news/2008/06/14/20080614p2a00m0na015000c.html">the original</a> on 2013-02-18<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-06-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=2%2C000+passengers+trapped+in+bullet+trains%2C+20%2C000+households+lose+power+after+quake&rft.date=2008-06-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmdn.mainichi.jp%2Fnational%2Farchive%2Fnews%2F2008%2F06%2F14%2F20080614p2a00m0na015000c.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2008+Iwate%E2%80%93Miyagi+Nairiku+earthquake" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mainichi-lifelines-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mainichi-lifelines_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mainichi-lifelines_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/20080614/archive/news/2008/06/14/20080615k0000m040063000c.html">"岩手・宮城内陸地震：新幹線に９時間半閉じ込め道路寸断"</a>. The Mainichi Newspapers. 2008-06-14<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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