Date in year · 2022 · The 2020s
On March 16, 2022, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225. The year's #1 song was "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals.
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Featured · March 16, 2022
On March 16, 2022, at 23:36 JST, a strong earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan. 3. Immediately after the event a 30‑cm tsunami was reported.
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2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.
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Severe off-shore earthquake near Fukushima, Japan
On March 16, 2022, at 23:36 JST, a strong earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan. 3. Immediately after the event a 30‑cm tsunami was reported.
Russian war crime during the invasion of Ukraine
On 16 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces bombed the Mariupol theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine. It was used as an air raid shelter during the siege of Mariupol, sheltering a large number of civilians. The estimations of the number of deaths that occurred due to the bombing have varied, from at least 12 and "likely many more" to as many as 600.
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