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The quake hit Hokkaido, 103 km (64 miles) northeast of the island of the popular Honshu island, at a depth of 64 km (40 miles). It landed in the Ring of Fire, so-called because a huge number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions take place there. ( read original story ...)

A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as M6.2 hit near the coast of Hokkaido, Japan at 10:51 UTC on January 24, 2018 (19:51 local time). The agency is reporting a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles). USGS is reporting ... ( read original story ...)

A series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have hit the Pacific Rim. Tuesday morning in the Gulf of Alaska, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake near Kodiak set off early tsunami warnings that extended across the southern coast of the state and into British ... ( read original story ...)

A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.75 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not ... ( read original story ...)

Prior to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, Fukui’s plants provided up to half of Kansai’s electricity. As only two commercial reactors run by Kansai Electric Power Co. are in operation and a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. An eruption of Mount Ontake in 2014 killed about 60 people. Several other Japanese volcanoes are considered unstable with small eruptions in recent years. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s infrastructure is built with earthquakes in mind, and the Coeda House, a cafe in Shizuoka, Japan, is one example. Instead of columns, architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates created a tree-like form in the middle of the coffee house. ( read original story ...)

Officials in Japan said there was no tsunami threat there. Heather Rand, who was 360 miles away in Anchorage, said it felt like the longest earthquake she had ever experienced, Agence France-Presse reported, “It was a very long, slow build-up. ( read original story ...)

In the 20 years up to 2013, Japan reported the world’s second biggest economic losses from natural disasters – nearly $500bn. The majority was due to earthquakes. One building on Honshu, Japan’s biggest island, has been shrouded in a new kind of ... ( read original story ...)

The strong earthquake hit at 12:30 a.m. and was recorded about 170 ... Watches were cancelled for Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. Officials in Japan also said there was no tsunami threat there. Warnings from the National Weather Service sent ... ( read original story ...)

Since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, Japan has been focused on building energy efficient smart homes and supportive devices. Government initiatives for infrastructure support, establishing common ECHONET Standard which supports HEMS devices and ... ( read original story ...)

Each year, there are about 450 quakes in Ontario and all points east. "You don't get huge earthquakes like they get in Japan, in California," Lamontagne said. "But we do get what you call moderate earthquakes, so six to seven on the Richter scale are ... ( read original story ...)