Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Hitachi, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki, Japan. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Sunday 4 July 2021 at 3:35 pm local ti ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.5 quake hits 51 km southeast of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan early morning
Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hidaka-gun, Hokkaido, Japan. The tremor was recorded early morning on Sunday 4 July 2021 at 2:19 ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.6 just reported 77 km southwest of Hirara, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred only 29 minutes ago 77 km southwest of Hirara, Japan, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 ... ( read original story ...)
At least 20 missing in Japan after torrential rains unleash landslides
The floods are a reminder of the natural disasters - including earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunami - that plague Japan, where the capital Tokyo is to host the summer Olympics starting this month. ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.0 quake hits 76 km northeast of Mutsu, Japan in the morning
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred only 12 minutes ago 76 km northeast of Mutsu, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) r ... ( read original story ...)
Fukushima, Japan earthquake industry loss estimated $2.63bn: CRESTA
Having previously explained that the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck off the coast of the Fukushima region of Japan on February 13th 2021 was likely ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes near Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, Japan
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake near Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, Japan, was reported only 11 minutes ago by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilienc ... ( read original story ...)
Wild pig-boar hybrids have taken over Japan’s radioactive Fukushima zone
The radioactive space that humans left behind has been filled by an unlikely inhabitant - wild pig-boar hybrids. ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.3 quake hits 42 km northeast of Iwaki, Japan around noon
Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported a magnitude 4.3 quake in Japan near Iwaki, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, only 10 minutes ago. ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.8 just reported 46 km southeast of Miyazaki, Japan
Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported a magnitude 4.8 quake in Japan near Miyazaki, only 10 minutes ago. The earthquake hit ... ( read original story ...)
5.3 magnitude quake hits Bonin Islands, Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 53 jolted Bonin Islands Japan at 912 GMT on Monday the US Geological Survey USGS said ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.0 quake hits 66 km east of Kushiro, Japan early afternoon
Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Kushiro, Kushiro Shi, Hokkaido, Japan. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Monday 28 June 2021 at 3:13 pm local ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.0 just reported 86 km northeast of Miyako, Japan
A shallow magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported in the morning near Miyako, Miyako-shi, Iwate, Japan. According to Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disast ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.0 quake hits 56 km northeast of Nanao, Japan early morning
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred only 14 minutes ago 56 km northeast of Nanao, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) r ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.2 just reported 1 km west of Honmachi, Japan
Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Honmachi, Yatsushiro Shi, Kumamoto, Japan. The tremor was recorded after midnight on Saturday 26 June 2021 at 12:49 am ... ( read original story ...)
Tsunamis, earthquakes, nuclear meltdowns, pandemic: What Japan has learned from centuries of disaster
A decade on from 3/11—the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe that hit Japan—the country is again amid a crisis caused by COVID-19. ( read original story ...)