6 intense quakes hit Hyuga-Nada within 5 hours / The western end of Nankai Trough

(Before It's News)

According to Japan Meteorological Agency, 6 intense quakes hit Hyuga-nada within only 5 hours on 8/29/2014.

It started at 1:34 of 8/29/2014 (JST). Magnitude was 4.3. The last one occurred at 6:59 of the same day and 3 more quakes hit the same location approx. within 24 hours.

During the first 5 hours, M6.1 level of the quake happened twice.

Hyuga-nada is east offshore of Kyushu, where is the western end of “Nankai Trough”.  (cf, The potential Nankai megathrust earthquake would cause 220 trillion yen damage and 5 million evacuees [URL])

↓ The location of Nankai Trough (Red Line) and Hyuga-nada, where the continuous intense quakes occurred. (Wikipedia)

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html

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