Earthquakes Japan 2014

This is an overview of all the earthquakes in Japan in 2014, sorted per magnitude and shindo (震度, shaking intensity). This data was generated by using the Japan Meteorological Agency database.

The most earthquakes in a single category were shindo 1 and magnitude 3-3.9.
Shindo 1 earthquakes ranged from magnitude 0 to 6.9.
Shindo 2 earthquakes ranged from magnitude 1 to 6.9.
Shindo 3 earthquakes ranged from magnitude 1 to 6.9.
Shindo 4 earthquakes ranged from magnitude 3 to 7.9.
Shindo 5- earthquakes ranged from magnitude 4 to 6.9.
The Shindo 5+ earthquake fell into magnitude 6 to 6.9.
The Shindo 6- earthquake fell into magnitude 6 to 6.9.

Below the frequency distribution of earthquakes during the year is shown:

Comparing the JMA statistics with the data from their database, four earthquakes were missing from the data in the database (three of shindo 1 and one of shindo 2).

JMA:

Intensity	震度７	震度６強	震度６弱	震度５強	震度５弱	震度４	震度３	震度２	震度１	Total
2014	0	0	1	1	7	46	134	535	1328	2052

Database:

Intensity	震度７	震度６強	震度６弱	震度５強	震度５弱	震度４	震度３	震度２	震度１	Total
2014	0	0	1	1	7	46	134	534	1325	2048

News in Japan - December

GEJET:
Kindergarten to pay Y60 million over 3/11 tsunami deaths

Japan:
7 die, troops called in as heavy snow hits Japan

USA:
Desalination out of Desperation
Colorado River Delta greener after engineered pulse of water

Improving forecasts for rain-on-snow flooding (USA)

'Tipping points' for sea level rise-related flooding determined (USA)

Other:
Pakistan's women worst prepared in region for natural disasters - NGO
Typhoon-proof homes in Vietnam build hope for disaster-prone areas
Typhoon-hammered Philippines in 'fight for our survival'
Eat less meat, dairy to slow climate change, study says - TRFN
Eight challenges for science and society to shape a sustainable future
Thai, Myanmar villagers fear secretive Salween dam project
Philippine rescuers struggle to reach villages after typhoon "folded homes like paper"
"Whiplash" typhoon a cruel blow for already poverty-stricken central Philippines Nearly 13,000 houses were destroyed and more than 22,300 damaged on the eastern island of Samar after the storm hit on Saturday before making its slow journey across the country. The Red Cross said it had received reports of 35 deaths, but has confirmed only 22. "This house was destroyed during Yolanda," resident Pedro Mainiti told local TV, using the Philippine name for Typhoon Haiyan which struck last November, leaving more than 7,000 dead or missing. "I haven't recovered yet and here goes another storm." The government has so far only built 550 of the 205,000 promised permanent houses for Haiyan survivors, according to the rehabilitation agency.
French mayor Rene Marratier jailed for role in deadly flood The former mayor of a French seaside town has been sentenced to jail for four years for ignoring flood risks before a storm that killed 29 people. the court said that Marratier knew La Faute-sur-Mer, a west coast resort in the Pays de la Loire region, was at risk of flooding. However, he "deliberately hid" the risk so that he could benefit from the "cash-cow" of property development.
SPECIAL REPORT-In Jakarta, that sinking feeling is all too real
The Aftershocks Seven of Italy’s top scientists were convicted of manslaughter following a catastrophic quake. Has the country criminalized science? time-risk blindness
Aceh's unfinished recovery

Mudslides, flash floods kill at least 53 in Philippines

Dozens die as Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines battered by storms

Vulnerable people:
Poverty takes on a new look in today's Japan
Another low for Japan's gender gap, as only 15% of election candidates are female Only 169 of the 1,093 candidates from eight major parties were women - far short of the administration's stated goal of having 30 percent of public- and private-sector leadership positions filled with women by 2020. A 2014 report on the gender gap by the World Economic Forum said Japan has one of the worst levels of gender equality in the developed world, ranking it 104th of 142 countries assessed.

One in five develops mental disorder (Dutch)

More people live below the poverty line (Dutch)