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South China Morning Post
2 hours ago
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
A hike through stormy Daisetsuzan, Hokkaido: Japan's largest national park
I squint into the fog, my eyes streaming in the cold wind that whips over the mountain. Did that rock just move? I give the bell hanging from my backpack a shake, wipe the tears from my eyes and look again at the dark shape 50 metres away. Jingle jingle. Nothing stirs; indeed, it is a rock and not a bear. We continue up the mountainside while keeping an eye out for movement. My partner and I are in the middle of a multi-day, 50km summer trek through Daisetsuzan National Park, in the mountainous centre of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido . Like the weather, bears are an ever-present danger. The flowers of the Aleutian avens turn into white featherlike seed pods in late summer. Photo: Cameron Dueck Daisetsuzan, which translates as 'great snowy mountains', is the largest national park in Japan and boasts 16 peaks higher than 2,000 metres, several of which are included in Japan's 100 Famous Peaks (the Hyakumeizan) ranking – a bucket list for many hikers. We are attempting a section of the Daisetsuzan Traverse, which snakes along the north-south spine of the mountain range, the route cutting across exposed alpine meadows and craggy peaks, all under an expansive sky.
NHK
19 hours ago
- Climate
- NHK
Moderately strong quakes hitting Hokkaido since late May
Moderately powerful earthquakes have been hitting Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, but weather officials say they are unlikely to trigger larger quakes. The Meteorological Agency says a magnitude-6.3 tremor occurred early Monday morning, with its epicenter located off the coast of the Tokachi region. The quake registered an intensity of four on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to seven. The agency estimates that it occurred where the Pacific Plate meets a continental plate. It was the latest in a series of earthquakes along the Pacific coast of Hokkaido since late May, which had each registered an intensity of up to four. Agency officials say they have not been strong enough to trigger more powerful quakes, and each of them is believed to have been an isolated tremor. However, the officials warn that a massive quake could occur anytime along the Chishima Trench off the coast of Hokkaido. In 2003, a magnitude-8.0 quake occurred off Tokachi. Officials are urging the public to prepare for earthquakes.
Reuters
2 days ago
- Climate
- Reuters
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hits Japan's Hokkaido, JMA says
May 31 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Hokkaido in Japan on Saturday afternoon, the country's Meteorological Agency said, adding that it hit at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). The epicentre of the earthquake was off the east coast of Hokkaido, the agency said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued. There were no immediate reports of damage.
Malay Mail
3 days ago
- Climate
- Malay Mail
GFZ: Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Japan's Hokkaido
TOKYO, May 31 — An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Hokkaido in Japan today, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said, adding that it hit at a depth of 10km. — Reuters
Al Arabiya
3 days ago
- Climate
- Al Arabiya
Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes Japan's Hokkaido
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Hokkaido in Japan on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences said, adding that it hit at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).
