Dozens of people have been injured as a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 hit Japan's northern island of Honshu. The quake's epicentre was very deep, but it still caused damage to buildings and left thousands without power.
A strong magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred at 15:26:20 (UTC) on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, in the eastern Honshu region, 25 km ENE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan, at a depth of 111.7 km.
A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 11:30:31 (UTC) on Monday, July 21, 2008, off the east coast of Honshu, 105 km East of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan, at a depth of 33.7 km.
A strong magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred at 02:39:30 (UTC) on Saturday, July 19, 2008,of the east coast of Honshu region, 125 km ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan, at a depth of 27 km.
A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 07:42:11 (UTC) on Tuesday, July 08, 2008, in the Ryukyu islands region, 165 km NNE of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, at a depth of 48.7 km.
A powerful, 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck Japan's main island, Honshu, meteorologists say. The epicentre was in Akita prefecture, 82km (52 miles) north of the city of Sendai.
A strong magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred at 23:43:50 (UTC) on Friday, June 13, 2008, in eastern Honshu region, 82 km SSW from Morioka, Honshu, Japan, at a depth of 10 km.
A strong magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred at 16:45:20 (UTC) on Wednesday, May 07, 2008, near the east coast of Honshu, 90 km ESE from Mito, Honshu, Japan, at a depth of 35 km. Location 36.137°N, 141.446°E
A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred at 16:02:02 (UTC) on Wednesday, May 07, 2008, off the east coast of Honshu, 142 km ESE from Mito, Honshu, Japan, at a depth of 42.1 km. Location 36.088°N, 142.026°E
A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 22:32:14 (UTC) on Friday, March 14, 2008, in the Bonin islands region, 45 km SE of Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands, Japan, at a depth of 42.1 km. Location 26.921°N, 142.628°E