A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 181 km SSW of Oyama, Japan (112 miles) on Monday. The temblor was detected at 05:45:51 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/17 / 2017-09-24 20:45:51 / September 24 ... ( read original story ...)
Death toll from earthquake in Mexico rises to 319
A Japanese search-and-rescue team cradled the white dog as they carried it down from the debris in footage broadcast on Milenio TV. A girl sits in a tent with two dogs in a school turned shelter, for people whose homes were damaged in an earthquake ... ( read original story ...)
352-Event Earthquake Storm Hit Southern California Last Week
Elevated earthquake activity seemed spread across the Pacific coasts, with big quakes recorded in New Zealand, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan — and lots of after-shocks in Mexico. A 3.4 magnitude quake in North Korea, while the U.S. Air Force was buzzing ... ( read original story ...)
3.4 ‘earthquake’ hits North Korea
All of North Korea's previous six nuclear tests registered as earthquakes of magnitude 4.3 or above ... Pyongyang threatened to "sink" Japan into the sea and claimed it wanted military "equilibrium" with the United States. "The quake is small enough ... ( read original story ...)
Seoul says natural 3-magnitude North Korea earthquake detected
Imports of textiles from North Korea would also be banned immediately, the statement said. Mr Wang told Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono on the sidelines of a United Nations meeting in NY that the situation on the Korean peninsula was getting increasingly ... ( read original story ...)
Why the Mexico City Earthquake Shook Up Disaster Predictions
(For example, Japanese earthquake records go back to the year A.D. 1000, but only in highly populated areas.) The second is he and other seismologists, notably David Jackson at the University of California, Los Angeles, have argued that the Guerrero Gap ... ( read original story ...)
New service in Japan helps tourists lose the luggage
TOKYO -- Foreign travelers trailing large suitcases at tourist spots are a familiar sight in Japan, but they could ease up if a planned joint new service by JTB, Panasonic and Yamato Holdings takes off. The January launch of the Luggage-Free Travel service ... ( read original story ...)
Rock Hall sends Cleveland delegation to Tokyo to open Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – Japan
Q: Who are the partners for the Tokyo facility? Mesek: A group of Japanese business and entertainment leaders. Q: How big is the facility? Harris: This initial space is approximately 10,000 square feet and is intended to be temporary. The goal is to open a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s brokerage district looks to fintech for fresh start
TOKYO -- Tokyo's Kabutocho district ... The rise of online brokerages forced many smaller brokerages in the area out of business. Among members of the association, only 13 brokerages, including Kyokuto Securities, are based in Kabutocho and Kayabacho ... ( read original story ...)
Kauai companies join Tokyo trip
HONOLULU — Seventy-three companies represented Hawaii at the 2017 Tokyo International Gift Show. Kauai companies there included Aunty Lilikoi, Kauai Kookies and Salty Wahine. This year marks the sixth consecutive year that the Department of Business ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Daiwa House to debut hotel-style apartments
OSAKA -- Daiwa House Industry plans to launch a type of apartment where guests can enjoy hotel-style services and check out anytime, as Japan's hotel shortage worsens amid a surge of tourists into the country. While such home-sharing services as Airbnb ... ( read original story ...)
The science of earthquakes: Examining what caused the devastating natural disasters in Mexico and Japan
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China says North Korea earthquake a ‘suspected explosion’
China's earthquake administration said in statement that the earthquake ... Pyongyang has fired an intermediate-range missile over Japanese territory for the second time in two weeks, a day after Kim Jong Un threatened Tokyo for supporting the US. ( read original story ...)
A 3.4-magnitude earthquake in North Korea was a ‘suspected explosion’, says China
The earthquake comes after days of increasingly bellicose rhetoric ... The quake comes amid soaring tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons programme, with the firing of two missiles over Japan in recent weeks and its sixth and largest nuclear test earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake In North Korea Sets Off Alarm And Speculation
Japanese officials say North Korea could send a nuclear-armed missile over Japan if it tests a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific. A small quake detected in northern North Korea was a natural event, South Korean officials said. There's been a cap on North ... ( read original story ...)
Third earthquake hits Mexico in September, this time of magnitude 6.8
“So a smaller earthquake can cause the damaged buildings to fail ... rescuers were readying to re-enter the site, joined by teams from Japan and Israel. Fernandez said officials told them they knew where people were trapped on the fourth floor. ( read original story ...)