Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.0 Rocks Japan | World News

In a statement made by the National Seismology Center (NCS), a 6.0 -magnitude earthquake shook Japan on Saturday night.

According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km.

In an article in X, NCS, “M: 6.0, on: 04/10/2025 20:51:09 Ist, Lat: 37.45 N, Uzun: 141.52 E, Depth: 50 km, Location: Honshu, on the Near East coast of Japan.”

The whole country has a very active seismic field and have the most intense seismic network in the world, so they can record many earthquakes.

Japan is located in a volcanic area in the Pacific Fire Ring. Frequently low -density tremor and occasional volcanic activity on the islands are often felt. Destructive earthquakes, which usually result in tsunamis, occur several times in the century. The latest major earthquakes include 2024 Noto earthquake, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake and 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake.

In Japan, the Shindo scale is widely used to measure earthquakes according to seismic density rather than size. This is similar to the modified Mercalli density scale used in the United States, the Liedu scale used in China, or the European macrosism scale (EMS), that is, instead of measuring the energy source of the scale, it measures an earthquake in a certain place, as in an earthquake epichentic (size) Richter scale.

Unlike other seismic density scales normally with a level of twelve density, Shindo (seismic density, literally “tremor”) used by the Japan Meteorological Agency is a unit of shindo with a very slight tremor than Shindo Zero.

For earthquakes of five and six, intermediate levels are “weak” or “strong” according to the degree of destruction they cause. Shindo Four and sub -sub -earthquakes are thought to be slightly mild, while five or more measured furniture, wall tiles, wooden houses, reinforced concrete buildings, roads, gas and water pipes can cause severe damage.