M6.1 quake hits Hokkaido

Yes, of course, in a certain sense it’s a season. All those NK missile tests and also the Russia-Ukrainian war give you a clue why there’s more activity in general and also nearby those ‘event’ zones, for example Japan or Turkey and Syria. The human made surface shocks just accumulate and then lead to those bigger quakes.

What a difference Homes construction materials can make, I am really hoping that Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan and other parts of the world will come to realize that wood constructed home are the best and the only option for now, new materials are constantly being developed to withstand earthquakes and save lives.

Earthquakes at night are the most scariest.

Hopefully it didn’t wake up all the higuma. That would make them terribly grumpy.

All those NK missile tests and also the Russia-Ukrainian war give you a clue why there’s more activity

That is not the case at all. Missile tests like the ones you have mentioned haver zero potential impact on earthquakes and the war in Europe certainly does not affect earthquakes in Japan (or anywhere)

Fact check :

There is no 'earthquake season.'

Human activity such as mining and fracking can influence earthquakes, but the war in Ukraine or North Korea do not induce large quakes at plate boundaries. Nature does that fine on its own.

For those regulars here who habitually run Japan down give your country a nice pat on the back. In most of the world an earthquake of that magnitude would collapse buildings and leave hundreds if not thousands dead, and that includes some developed nations like Italy. In Japan it knocks some merchandise off shelves, maybe knocks a few things over in your home but no major damage, nobody hurt. Credit your high building standards and excellent enforcement. Bravo Japan.

I truly wish that the devistating 1995 earthquake that hit Kansai had "high building standards and excellent enforcement."

Good comments jeancolmar.

I also remember when that elevated highway toppled over in Kobe in 1995,despite the government saying that would never happen in Japan after a similar event occurred in Riverside,California almost exactly one year prior to the Kobe one.

I also remember when that elevated highway toppled over in Kobe in 1995,despite the government saying that would never happen in Japan after a similar event occurred in Riverside,California almost exactly one year prior to the Kobe one.

You are referring to the Northridge Earthquake. Riverside is a long way from Northridge two counties away.

I truly wish that the devistating 1995 earthquake that hit Kansai had "high building standards and excellent enforcement."

The Kansai and Northridge earthquake both released more than times the energy as this quake in Hokkaido. The Richter Scale is logarithmic, not linear. A M6.2 quake had twice the energy as a 6.1 quake, etc.

But I stand by what I said inasmuch as under M6 quakes in Italy have caused catastrophic damage to small towns in the affected areas. I don't imagine anywhere else in Europe would do any better.