Around 1:58 am local time on December 2, residents in many places in eastern Honshu Island in Japan were awakened by a shaking in their sleep, especially the Kanto area, including Tokyo, was shaking significantly. This was an earthquake!

Around 1:58 am local time on December 2, residents in many places in eastern Honshu Island in Japan were awakened by a shaking in their sleep, especially the Kanto area, including Tokyo, was shaking significantly. This was an earthquake! Monitoring data from the Japan Meteorological Agency showed that around 1:58 local time on December 2, an earthquake occurred in the south of Ibaraki Prefecture. The magnitude of was 5.0 and the focal depth was 60 kilometers.

monitoring data also shows that although the magnitude of this earthquake is not large and the focal depth is relatively deep, it still caused a relatively strong tremor in the eastern part of Honshu Island in Japan - many earthquakes in eastern parts of Honshu Island in Japan generally reached 3-4 degrees. The quakeness represents the degree to which an area is affected by an earthquake, and is usually defined as the acceleration of the earthquake shaking. According to the quake standards of the Japan Meteorological Agency, the 4-degree vibration is enough to scare many people, and most of the sleeping people are awakened. The hanging object shakes greatly, and the dishes in the kitchen cabinet shake to make a sound. Some unstable objects were poured over, the wires were shaken greatly, and pedestrians and drivers on the road felt the shaking, and the shaking was quite strong. But the Japan Meteorological Agency also pointed out that there is no need to worry about the tsunami of this earthquake.

In fact, geological activities near Japan have not been very calm recently. Before that, on November 29, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred around 20:40 Beijing time off the coast of Torishima, Japan, with a depth of 10 kilometers. The Japan Meteorological Agency once reminded that after this strong earthquake, there may be slight sea level changes along the coast of Japan.

Then some netizens are going to ask: Is this a sign of active volcanic earthquake zone in the Pacific Rim? Is it related to Typhoon Niatu on the sea? On December 2, Typhoon Niatu had developed into a typhoon of level 13 in the Western Pacific, close to the intensity of a strong typhoon. Judging from the satellite cloud map, Typhoon Niatu had opened the eye of the wind and extended thousands of miles with the outer cloud system formed by the cold wave. But it is actually still far from Japan and has nothing to do with the earthquake in Japan. However, recently, the earthquake in the Pacific Rim of has indeed shown signs of being active. It is not ruled out that earthquakes will continue to occur near Japan.