X-Nico

2012 Chiba earthquake

In Funabashi city an elderly resident suffered a fatal heart attack during the quake, and a falling object caused one minor injury in Kisarazu city.

•

The most significant effects occurred in Chōshi and Katori cities, where a few walls collapsed and several buildings sustained damage.

•

Although its epicentre lay just offshore near Chōshi city, the earthquake produced considerable shaking inland through much of the Bōsō Peninsula and lower Ibaraki Prefecture.

see also