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An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale struck Monday off the coast of Fukushima, Japan. The epicentre was off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, at a depth of 60 km, the Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)

The title and caption indicate the footage was taken March 11, 2011 at Sendai Airport in Natori, Japan after a tsunami generated by an undersea earthquake. The full video from ANN, which drew headlines from media outlets such as the Daily Mail, shows water ... ( read original story ...)

Entire neighborhoods of high-rise buildings have been reduced to twisted metal, pulverized concrete and exposed wires, and the magnitude 7.8 quake has already killed more people than Japan’s Fukushima earthquake and tsunami, with many more bodies ... ( read original story ...)

The death toll from the earthquake has eclipsed the more-than 18,400 who died in the 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami and the estimated 18,000 people who died in a temblor near Istanbul in 1999. Some 12,000 buildings in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has already dispatched a team of about 70 search and rescue workers to Turkey. 09:40 Martin Chulov Pressure is mounting on the UN to provide urgent support to north-west Syria, which is yet to receive meaningful aid five days after the earthquake ... ( read original story ...)

Martin Griffiths will visit the cities of Aleppo and Damascus in Syria, and Gaziantep in Turkey. The number of victims continued to rise, making the quake one of the deadliest worldwide in decades. ( read original story ...)

FILE - A man rides his motorcycle on a makeshift road amid rubble in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on March 20, 2011, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. The 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in northern ... ( read original story ...)

The death toll from the earthquake has eclipsed the more-than 18,400 who died in the 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami and the estimated 18,000 people who died in a temblor near Istanbul in 1999. Some 12,000 buildings in Turkey ... ( read original story ...)

This week's deaths in Turkey and Syria surpassed Japan’s Fukushima disaster of 2011, when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami and killed more than 18,400 people. On Monday, a magnitude 7.8 quake struck at 4:17 a.m. local time in the southern ... ( read original story ...)

The international effort to provide food and shelter to victims of the earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria intensified Thursday. Live updates. ( read original story ...)

After the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, a teenager and his 80-year-old grandmother were found alive after nine days trapped in their flattened home. The year before, a 16-year-old Haitian girl was rescued from earthquake rubble in Port-Au-Prince after ... ( read original story ...)

The confirmed death toll continued to rise, reaching more than 19,300 Thursday, surpassing the toll from Japan’s Fukushima disaster in March 2011. That magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami, killing more than 18,400 people. The U.N. said its first ... ( read original story ...)

ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Deaths from earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceed 19,300, surpassing toll from Japan's Fukushima disaster. ( read original story ...)

The quake that razed thousands of buildings was one of the deadliest worldwide in more than a decade, with the deaths surpassing even the toll from the 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami, killing more than 18,400. Experts said ... ( read original story ...)

Many are still trapped under the rubble. This week's deaths in Turkey and Syria surpassed Japan’s Fukushima disaster of 2011, when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami and killed more than 18,400 people. On Monday, a magnitude 7.8 quake struck ... ( read original story ...)

which now has a death toll that is the highest worldwide since a 2011 earthquake off Japan triggered a tsunami, killing nearly 20,000 people. As of Thursday, more than 19,000 have been confirmed dead in Turkey and Syria from Monday’s earthquake ... ( read original story ...)