Tag: earthquake

HONG KONG, April 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted Bonin Islands, Japan Region, at 08:35 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the west coast of Shikoku island on Wednesday night, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There have been reports of aftershocks of 4.3, 3.1, and 5.0, ( read original story ...)

Total claim payments received were 81,544. General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) data showed that the claims paid for the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake as of 31 March was $480m (JPY74.42b). ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 on Wednesday jolted the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki just east of Tokyo, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. The tremors were felt in central Tokyo. No tsunami warning has been issued. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 on Wednesday jolted the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki just east of Tokyo, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. The tremors were felt in central Tokyo. No tsunami warning has been issued. Enditem ( read original story ...)

A popular hot spring facility in Ehime Prefecture remains closed a week after a powerful earthquake struck western Japan. ( read original story ...)

On this day, the biomass being amassed for future burning is crushed palm kernel shells that likely originated in Indonesia or Malaysia and are being unloaded one giant bucketful at a time from the cavernous hold of the Coral Princess, ( read original story ...)

The government on Tuesday estimated that a deadly earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day had a negative economic impact of up to 115.0 billion yen ($743 million) in the first quarter of 2024, ( read original story ...)

According to the latest data release from the General Insurance Association of Japan, insurance claims paid for the January 1st M7.5 earthquake that hit ( read original story ...)

This will be the fourth round of spending from the state reserve funds for the quake-affected areas in central Japan. ( read original story ...)

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan on Monday (April 22), according to the United States Geological Survey. The natural disaster was reported to be centered in Hualien City with a 10.0 kilometer (about 6.21 miles) depth. The USGS said it received 38 responses of residents having felt the earthquake at the time of publication Monday. ( read ...

A video sharing old earthquake images in Japan has circulated online with a false claim they were taken after a 6.3-magnitude jolt hit the country on April 17. At least eight people were reported injured in the latest quake. ( read original story ...)

People in Shanghai are writing encouraging messages for people in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, which was badly affected by a New Year's Day earthquake. ( read original story ...)

The earthquake’s epicenter was located in the Bungo Channel, an area identified by a government panel as potentially susceptible to a devastating temblor of at least magnitude 8.0 in the next 30 years, ( read original story ...)

The seminar, co-organized by the Kazakh Research Institute of Construction and Architecture and the Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction, brought together emergency specialists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Eight people were reported injured on Thursday (Apr 18) after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan, but there appeared to be no major damage or tsunami. The epicentre of the quake, ( read original story ...)