Tag: earthquake

NBC, The Washington Post and other media outlets reported today that Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was shot while giving a speech in western Japan near Kyoto. Both outlets cited the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit central Japan on Sunday, the national broadcaster NHK said. The epicentre of the earthquake was Ishikawa Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)

The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Day and Time: July 6, 2022, 5:10 a.m. Epicenter: Off Miyagi Prefecture. N 38.4, E 142.0 Preliminary magnitude: 5.4 Note: ... ( read original story ...)

Nintendo has revealed its disaster plan, should a major earthquake ever affect its Kyoto, Japan headquarters. As much as 18.5% of the world’s earthquakes take place in Japan, despite its land only ... ( read original story ...)

Six months is too short a time to see any definitive trends in earthquake activity, but I enjoy looking for patterns and here are a few things that stand out in 2022. The good news is that no ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted 61 km NNE of Makubetsu, Japan at 01:59:45 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 321.62 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)

From earthquakes to floods, it is a known fact that natural disasters are a common phenomenon which affects most countries in the world. ( read original story ...)

The exhibition will showcase works of nine Japanese photographers and a photographers’ group, according to a communication. ( read original story ...)

Dear Tom, What major city in the world is most threatened by an earthquake? —Kenny Millert, Rockford Dear Kenny, Any city that has experienced a major earthquake might seem to qualify as the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: The Japanese government has decided to lift an evacuation order on part of a town where the crippled nuclear power plant is located in Fukushima Prefecture. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Sunday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake, which ... ( read original story ...)

The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Day and Time: June 26, 2022, 9:44 p.m. Epicenter: In Kumamoto Prefecture. N 32.5, E 130.7 Depth: 10 kilometers ... ( read original story ...)

Japan forecast a slight change in sea level on Tuesday after a magnitude 6 earthquake struck the Bonin Islands, far to the southeast of the country's main islands.The quake was at a depth of 40 km (25 ... ( read original story ...)

Strong earthquakes that jolted the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on June 19 and 20 amid a recent swarm of temblors may have been trigg ... ( read original story ...)

The Ishikawa Prefecture region in central Japan has been rocked by a series of earthquakes over the past two days, with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warning that further temblors could be ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Ishikawa prefecture, central Japan, today, the second strong quake to jolt the region in as many days, the weather agency said, while ... ( read original story ...)