Landslides resulting from a preliminary magnitude 6.7 earthquake early Thursday on Japan's Hokkaido island buried a "large" number of homes at the foot of a ridge, public broadcaster NHK reported. The ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake in Japan causes multiple landslides
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on early Thursday morning resulting in several landslides. ( read original story ...)
BREAKING: Magnitude 7 earthquake hits Japan
Mail Online - 09:04 AM GMT September 04, 2018 California earthquake MAP: 4.4 magnitude QUAKE shook California city - Where is La Verne? Daily Express - 07:20 AM GMT August 29, 2018 New Caledonia earth... ( read original story ...)
Very strong and shallow M6.7 earthquake hits Hokkaido, Japan
A very strong and shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M6.7 hit southern Hokkaido, Japan at 18:07 UTC on September 5, 2018 (03:07 JST, September 6). The agency is reporting a depth of 40 km (24 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan acknowledges first radiation death among Fukushima workers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, died from ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Kawaguchi in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Kawaguchi in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 140.0975° East, 35.0751° North. Exact time a... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Honshu in Japan
A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan kilometers (0 miles) from Honshu in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/18 / 201... ( read original story ...)
Japan holds nationwide disaster drills assuming major quakes
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Annual disaster drills were held across Japan on Saturday, with the central government-led exercise based on a scenario that a massive earthquake originating in the Nankai Trough ... ( read original story ...)
On This Day: Great Kantō earthquake strikes Japan
Sept. 1 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1715, France's King Louis XIV died after ruling the country for 72 years, the longest reign for a French monarch. In 1807, Aaron Burr, vice president of the ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Hachinohe in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 146 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan (91 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:38:16 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location o... ( read original story ...)
Preparing for Japan’s Next Tsunami
Forty-five minutes earlier, the largest earthquake Sakai had ever felt shook the port city of Kesennuma in northeast Japan like a rag doll. Sakai, now 67, went about his life once the shaking stopped, ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 258 km ESE of Namie, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 258 km ESE of Namie, Japan (160 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of e... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Hachinohe in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gh0l. Id of event: us10... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s stoicism in the face of natural disaster, and the tragedy of the tsunami-hit school: a British journalist investigates
The book’s ostensible subject is the Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami that, on one freezing winter’s day in March 2011, killed more than 18,000 people and destroyed the lives of countless more. ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.1 mag, Volcano Islands, Japan region
A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Volcano Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 21:34:00 / August 16, 2018 @ 9: ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Iwo Jima in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 270 km ESE of Iwo Jima, Japan (168 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 23:22:43 / August 17, 2018 @ 11:22 pm UTC/GM... ( read original story ...)