Miu tells her experience during the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck north eastern Japan yesterday.

June 20 A 7.5 earthquake hits Japan, killing 385 people.

It entered service in 1965, replacing the earlier Nudelman Rikhter NR 23 cannon.

The structure is capable of absorbing earthquakes up to 8.6 degree on the Richter scale.

On 26 December 2004, a massive (9.0 on Richter scale) undersea earthquake struck in the Andaman Sea.

Charles Francis Richter ( April 26, 1900 September 30, 1985) was an American seismologist and physicist.

July 16 An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale kills more than 1,600 in the Philippines.

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake had the same measurement on the Richter scale at 8.0 in magnitude.

The proof of this came in Chile, almost a month later, when 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile.

There have been several thousand foreshocks and aftershocks since December 2008, more than thirty of which had a Richter magnitude greater than 3.5.

However, in neighboring Haiti, where the epicenter was located, the situation was total disaster as the earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck inside the park on June 30, 1975, but damage was minimal.

At Fukushima, the reactors withstood a magnitude 9.0 earthquake far more powerful than they were designed to tolerate.

Back in March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake off the Pacific Coast off Tohoku struck Japan. This, the strongest ever earthquake recorded to hit Japan, and the subsequent tsunami waves of up to 40.5 meters devastated great parts of the coastal regions of the country and caused the meltdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, irradiating the neighboring areas including the ocean waters.

On 14 April 2010, an earthquake struck the prefecture, registering a magnitude of 6.9 (USGS, EMSC) or 7.1 (Xinhua).

That is 500 times the power of the 7.0 that hit Port au Prince 500 times the power, yet only under a thousand casualties.

The 2005 Sumatra earthquake (referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community) occurred on 28 March off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

On 22 February 2005, an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck the Zarand district in Kerman province of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

However, in the 17th century, the dominance of what historian Daniel Richter refers to as Francophiles or French takeover, contributed to an erosion of French native relations.

Chinese government official sources state a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale, though some sources listed it as high as 8.2.

On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 2 46 23 p.m. local time, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, the largest in recorded history.

In 1927 another earthquake struck in the same area, this time at Xining measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale, it also resulted in 200,000 deaths.

In June 5, 1443 the city was affected by an earthquake of the strength of at least 6 degrees on the Richter scale, which destroyed or seriously damaged many buildings in the city.

On 28 March 2005, a powerful aftershock measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale struck the west coast of Sumatra the islands of Nias, Simeulue and Banyak were the worst affected.

On 12 December 1992, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred, killing 2,500 people in and around Maumere, including islands off the North coast.

On 26 December 2004 a massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale struck the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, followed by numerous and often severe aftershocks.

Five weeks ago, an earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale hit South Asia, causing colossal loss of life and material damage, especially in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan, in Jammu and Kashmir, in India and in Afghanistan.

The Caribbean blogosphere is busy tonight, discussing very sad news an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck off the coast of Haiti, causing major damage and loss of life in the already besieged island nation.

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan is, of course, a highly exceptional event an event so rare that its probability cannot be well assessed with models based on limited historic data.

And, as Japan s recent experience demonstrated, protecting against the most powerful threats such as the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake and the subsequent three meter tsunami would require massive, costly construction projects.

The order of magnitude similarity in period requirement excludes comets from the calculation, but the combined mass of the comets turns out to be negligible compared to the other small Solar System bodies, so their inclusion would have little impact on the results.

The main shock occurred at 03 32 CEST (01 32 UTC) on 6 April 2009, and was rated 5.8 or 5.9 on the Richter scale and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered most damage.

Recent examples include the earthquake on January 13, 2001 that measured 7.7 on the Richter scale and caused a landslide that killed more than 800 people and another earthquake only a month later, on February 13, 2001, that killed 255 people and damaged about 20 of the nation's housing.