Tag: earthquake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on Saturday struck off the east coast of Hachijojima island of Tokyo Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on Saturday struck off the east coast of Hachijojima island of Tokyo Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese appeals court has said that the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) could have taken steps to prevent the Fukushima nuclear disaster, ruling they must pay one billion yen ($9.5 ... ( read original story ...)

The Sendai High Court said the state and the plant’s operator must pay $9.5 million to survivors of the 2011 nuclear accident. They have until mid-October to appeal to the country’s Supreme Court. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Volcano Islands, Japan region at 04:38:47 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 84.66 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)

Were you aware that earthquakes are sometimes associated with luminescence, called earthquake lightning? This phenomenon had been documented throughout history, such as between 1965 and 1967, the ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 1:13 pm local time, with its ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit Japan's Pacific Ocean coast off Honshu Island on Sunday, the country's meteorological agency reported. The agency said the quake occurred around 1.13 a.m. local time ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 1:13 p.m. local time, with its ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Enditem ... ( read original story ...)

A massive undersea quake however that hit in March 2011 sent a tsunami barrelling into Japan's northeast coast, leaving more than 18,000 people dead or missing, and sending three ... ( read original story ...)

The fact is that the alliance is not as close as many think and there are three core reasons why: namely, the incompatibility of values, a differing world view and alternative versions of history ... ( read original story ...)

The country has experienced shortage of sanitary products in past disasters. Also, 40% of its toilet paper production is in a region where a disastrous quake and tsunami could strike ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday visited the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant whe ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 181 km southeast of Shimoda, Japan at 16:46:45 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 118.83 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)

Earthquakes can be abrupt bursts of home-crumbling, ground-buckling energy when slices of the planet's crust long held in place by friction suddenly slip and lurch. ( read original story ...)