2005 Miyagi earthquake

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The 2005 Miyagi earthquake was a powerful earthquake that struck the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu at 11.46am (02:46 UTC) on August 16, injuring at 72 people, and causing power outages. Early reports indicate that it was a 7.2 on the Richter scale. A tsunami warning went out soon after and it has been reported that two small tsunamis developed from the earthquake. Each was reported at 4 inches (10 cm).

1 Affected Areas
- 1.1 6-
- 1.2 5+
- 1.3 5-
- 1.4 4
2 Reactions and Effects
- 2.1 Injuries
- 2.2 Road
- 2.3 Rail
- 2.4 Air
- 2.5 Other
3 External links

Affected Areas

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6-

Miyagi: Kawasaki

5+

Iwate: Fujisawa
Miyagi: Ishinomaki, Wakuya, Tajiri, Kurihara, Tome, Higashimatsushima, Sendai Miyagino Ward, Sendai Izumi Ward, Natori, Zaō
Fukushima: Kunimi, Kawamata, Sōma, Shinchi, Kashima

5-

Iwate: Rikuzen-Takata, Ninohe, Hanamaki, Kitakami, Ichinoseki, Esashi, Yahaba, Tōwa, Kanegasaki, Maesawa, Isawa, Koromogawa, Hanaizumi, Hiraizumi, Senmaya, Murone
Miyagi: Furukawa, Kesennuma, Ōsato, Ōhira, Kami, Matsuyama, Kashimadai, Onagawa, Shizugawa, Utatsu, Sendai Wakabayashi Ward, Shiogama, Shiroishi, Kakuda, Iwanuma, Ōgawara, Murata, Shibata, Watari, Yamamoto
Fukushima: Fukushima, Kōri, Yanagawa, Hobara, Ryōzen, Tōwa, Nakajima, Tamura, Haramachi, Odaka, Iitate
Ibaraki: Hitachi

4

Aomori: Hachinohe, Shichinohe, Momoishi, Rokunohe, Tōhoku, Shimoda, Gonohe, Nagawa, Hashikami, Fukuchi
Iwate: Miyako, Kuji, Ōtsuchi, Yamada, Fudai, Kawai, Karumai, Noda, Ōno, Kunohe, Ōfunato, Kamaishi, Sumita, Morioka, Shizukuishi, Iwate, Nishine, Takizawa, Matsuo, Tamayama, Jōbōji, Ashiro, Ichinohe, Mizusawa, Tōno, Shiwa, Ōhasama, Ishidoriya, Daitō, Higashiyama, Kawasaki, Miyamori
Miyagi: Taiwa, Tomiya, Shikama, Sanbongi, Iwadeyama, Naruko, Motoyoshi, Karakuwa, Sendai Aoba Ward, Sendai Taihaku Ward, Tagajō, Shichigashuku, Marumori, Matsushima, Shichigahama, Rifu
Akita: Yamamoto, Ikawa, Akita, Yurihonjō, Taiyū, Misato, Daisen
Yamagata: Sakata, Fujishima, Yuza, Matsuyama, Hirata, Shōnai, Shinjō, Obanazawa, Mogami, Funagata, Tozawa, Kamiyama, Murayama, Tendō, Higashine, Yamanobe, Nakayama, Kahoku, Yonezawa, Nanyō, Takahata, Kawanishi, Oguni, Shirataka
Fukushima: Kōriyama, Shirakawa, Sukagawa, Nihonmatsu, Date, Tsukidate, Iino, Adachi, Ōtama, Motomiya, Shirasawa, Iwashiro, Kagamiishi, Ten'ei, Nishigō, Omotegō, Higashi, Izumizaki, Yabuki, Tanagura, Yamatsuri, Ishikawa, Tamakawa, Hirata, Asakawa, Furudono, Miharu, Ono, Iwaki, Hirono, Naraha, Tomioka, Kawauchi, Ōkuma, Futaba, Namie, Katsurao, Inawashiro, Aizubange, Niitsuru
Ibaraki: Mito, Hitachiōta, Kasama, Ibaraki, Tomobe, Tōkai, Daigo, Hitachiōmiya, Nakashi, Shirosato, Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mitsukaidō, Toride, Tsukuba, Tamari, Yasato, Niihari, Ina, Yawara, Nakabe, Chiyokawa, Sanwa, Ibarakisakai, Inashiki, Chikusei
Tochigi: Yuzukami, Nasu, Kawachi, Ichikai, Haga, Iwafune, Takanezawa, Minaminasu, Karasuyama, Ogawa, Sakura
Gunma: Maebashi, Tatebayashi, Meiwa, Chiyoda, Oura
Saitama: Kazo, Hanyū, Kōnosu, Kuki, Fukiage, Yoshimi, Kisai, Kitakawabe, Ōtone, Shōbu, Kurihashi, Washimiya, Ōsato, Kasukabe, Sōka, Toda, Yashio, Misato, Satte, Tsurugashima, Yoshikawa, Moroyama, Kawashima, Miyashiro, Shiraoka, Shōwa, Saitama Chūō Ward
Chiba: Sawara, Noda, Urayasu, Motonomura
Tokyo: Chūō Ward, Sumida Ward, Kōtō Ward, Arakawa Ward, Edogawa Ward
Kanagawa: Yokohama Nishi Ward, Yokohama Naka Ward, Yokohama Minami Ward, Yokohama Kōhoku Ward, Yokohama Aoba Ward, Kawasaki Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki Miyamae Ward, Hiratsuka, Ebina, Ayase, Ninomiya, Odawara, Sagmihara, Atsugi, Nakai, Ōi
Niigata: Minamiuonu, Kamihayashi
Yamanashi: Fujiyoshida, Oshino, Yamanakako, Fujikawaguchiko, Tamaho, Minamiarupusu, Kai, Fuefuki
Nagano: Minamimaki
Shizuoka: Izunokuni, Gotemba, Shizuoka Shimizu Ward

Reactions and Effects

Injuries

No casualties have been reported. 72 people were injured in Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima, Saitama, and Tokyo including 26 people injured in the collapse of the roof of an indoor swimming pool in Sendai. 687 houses in the Tohoku region were destroyed or damaged. In addition, a female resident in Saitama was rescued 50 minutes after being trapped when her wooden house collapsed.

Road

Highways: The traffic on the following highways was stopped but is now back to normal
- Tohoku Expressway: Urawa IC — Kazo IC, Sukagawa IC — Morioka Minami IC
- Yamagata Expressway: Murata JCT — Sasaya IC
- Ban'etsu Expressway: Kōriyama Higashi IC — Bandai-Atami IC
- Akita Expressway: Kitakami IC — Kitakami Nishi IC

Rail

Tohoku Shinkansen: All trains temporarily stopped, resumed service by 7 P.M.
Yamagata Shinkansen: All trains stopped
Akita Shinkansen: All trains stopped
Joetsu Shinkansen: Temporarily stopped, resumed service by 1 P.M.
Nagano Shinkansen: Temporarily stopped, resumed service by 1 P.M.
JR Lines: Aterazawa Line, Tadami Line, Riku'utō Line, Riku'usai Line, Yonesaka Line, Jōetsutō Line, Jōestusai Line, Tōhoku Main Line, Senseki Line, Senzan Line, Jōban Line, Kesennuma Line, Ōu Main Line, Ishinomaki Line were all stopped. However, the Tadami Line was stopped due to heavy rainfall. Senzan and Tohoku Lines resumed service by 7 P.M.
Sendai City Subway: All trains stopped, resume service at 2:56 P.M.

Air

Sendai Airport: arrivals are delayed

Other

The Tohoku Electric Company shut down generators 1 through 3 at the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant. The electric supply was cut in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, causing 17,000 homes to lose power.