At around 3:34 a.m. on September 24, an earthquake appears to have occurred in southeastern Hyogo Prefecture.
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Nishinomiya City recorded a seismic intensity of 3.
Judging from the map, the epicenter may have been around Yamaguchi-cho.
The depth was about 10 km, and the magnitude appears to have been 4.
It seems some elevators have stopped.
結構揺れましたよね今
— 西宮つーしん (@nishi2shin) September 23, 2022
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There is reportedly no concern about a tsunami from this earthquake. It felt a little scary, like the shaking might get stronger at any moment.
Many people may have woken up because of it.
(Update) About 6 hours later, a seismic intensity of 2 was recorded at almost the same epicenter
At 9:29 a.m. on the 24th, Nishinomiya also appears to have recorded a seismic intensity of 2 from almost the same epicenter.
Nishinomiya seems to have shaken the strongest, at seismic intensity 2, while Kobe City’s Higashinada Ward, Kobe City’s Chuo Ward, Takarazuka City, and Nose Town in Osaka Prefecture recorded seismic intensity 1.
The depth of the epicenter was about 10 km, and the magnitude, which indicates the scale of the earthquake, was 3.1.
According to Weathernews, this epicenter appears to be near the aftershock zone of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. It seems to be a fault on the southern side of the Rokko Mountains.
