Tag: earthquake

A magnitude-4.6 earthquake struck central Japan's Aichi Prefecture on Thursday at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). No tsunami warning has yet been issued. ( read original story ...)

A total of 502 tsunami safety towers have been erected in Tokyo and 22 other prefectures through April last year, an 11-fold increase in the number that existed prior to the 2011 ... ( read original story ...)

After the earthquake, many were concerned about if the earthquake dealt strong damage as 11 years ago, the 9.0-magnitude earthquake happened in Japan resulted in the Fukushima nuc ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted 61 km E of Namie, Japan at 10:29:04 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 36.79 km, was initially determined to be ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude-4.4 earthquake struck northern Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, on Saturday with a depth of 60 kilometers, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). There are currently no reports of ... ( read original story ...)

The photo in the misleading post dates back to 2011, after the earthquake in Japan led to the eruption of gas storage tanks in Chiba Prefecture. ( read original story ...)

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake has hit northern Japan. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter was in Hokkaido prefecture, and the focus was at a depth of 58.4 km. The hit ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government has alerted the population of potential blackouts caused by low power supplies after several coal-fired plants temporarily stopped generating elec ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck off the coast of Japan’s eastern Fukushima prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Friday. The agency said the quake took place 50 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government has alerted the population of potential blackouts caused by low power supplies after several coal-fired plants temporarily stopped generating electricity following last week's ... ( read original story ...)

The powerful earthquake that jolted Japan's northeast coast last week is expected to cause insured property losses between $2 billion and $4 billion, modeling firm Verisk said on Thursday. About $400 ... ( read original story ...)

The powerful earthquake that jolted Japan’s northeast coast last week is expected to cause insured property losses between $2 billion and $4 billion, modeling firm Verisk said on Thursday. We ... ( read original story ...)

Analysts at Verisk Extreme Event Solutions (formerly AIR Worldwide), have estimated that insured losses to properties from the March 16th M7.3 earthquake ... ( read original story ...)

The March 16th magnitude 7.3 Japanese earthquake is expected to cause an insurance and reinsurance industry loss of between US $2 billion and US $4 ... ( read original story ...)

According to Verisk Extreme Event Solutions (formerly AIR Worldwide), insured losses to properties from the March 16 M7.3 earthquake that struck offshore the island of Honshu, Japan, will be between ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is scrambling to keep the lights on in Tokyo today, as freezing temperatures and power plant outages following a strong earthquake last week put the nation's capital at risk of blackouts, the ... ( read original story ...)