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The 2008 Iwate earthquake on June 14, 2008 mainly struck mid Tōhoku region, northeastern Honshū, Japan.〔(Result ) of searching the database of felt earthquakes run by (Japan Meteorological Agency ).(Japanese) 〕 Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake . This earthquake occurred in the south of the inland of Iwate Prefecture at 8:43 JST on Saturday morning, June 14 (23:43 UTC on June 13). The JMA magnitude was estimated at Mj 7.2,〔 and the moment magnitude by USGS was at Mw 6.9.〔Retrieved on 2008-06-18 (10:30 UTC).(English)〕 The epicenter was located at ,〔 about 85 kilometres (55 mi) north of Sendai and about 385 kilometres (240 mi) north-northeast of Tokyo.〔Calculation tool: ("距離と方位角の計算" ), offered by (Geographical Survey Institute ). Retrieved on 2008-06-18.(Japanese)〕 The strongest shaking was measured in the cities of Ōshū (Iwate) and Kurihara (Miyagi), both of which were measured as "strong 6" on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale, .〔 Peak ground acceleration readings were high, with a maximum vector sum (3 component) value of 4278 cm/s2 (4.36g). ==Intensity== represents the strength of ground motion. JMA uses the scales of (0 to 7 ): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, weak/strong 5, weak/strong 6, 7. Tremors were felt across a large area.〔 Strongly shaken areas included:〔 Strong 6: :Iwate Pref. - City of Ōshū (奥州市). :Miyagi Pref. - City of Kurihara (栗原市). Weak 6: :Iwate Pref. - City of Ōshū (奥州市). :Miyagi Pref. - Cities of Kurihara (栗原市) and Ōsaki (大崎市). Strong 5: :Iwate Pref. - Cities of Ōshū (奥州市), Kitakami (北上市), Ichinoseki (一関市), Towns of Kanegasaki (金ケ崎町) and Hiraizumi (平泉町). :Miyagi Pref. - Cities of Kurihara (栗原市), Ōsaki (大崎市), Sendai (仙台市), Tome (登米市), Natori (名取市), Towns of Misato (美里町), Wakuya (涌谷町), Kami (加美町), and Rifu (利府町). :Akita Pref. - City of Yuzawa (湯沢市), and Village of Higashinaruse (東成瀬村). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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