A 5.2 magnitude earthquake was reported to hit the eastern part of the main island of Honshu in Japan on early Monday, the Japanese Meteorological Agency reported, adding that no tsunami threat was ... ( read original story ...)
5.2-magnitude quake jolts Japan
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture on Monday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the temblor occurred at 6.34 a.m., with its epicentre at a ... ( read original story ...)
5.1-magnitude quake hits Iwaki of Japan: USGS
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 67 km SE of Iwaki, Japan at 21:33:49 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 31 ... ( read original story ...)
1st LD Writethru: 5.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, no tsunami warning
TOKYO, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck off Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The temblor occurred at 6:34 a.m. local ... ( read original story ...)
Urgent: 5.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck off Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Enditem ... ( read original story ...)
13 hurt after M5.0 quake hits central Japan
At least 13 people were injured as an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 shook central Japan Friday, Japan's weather agency and local ... ( read original story ...)
5.0-magnitude quake hits Japan
An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Fukui prefecture on Friday, although no tsunami warning was issued. ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 5.0 quake strikes Japan’s Fukui Prefecture
TOKYO A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Reihoku District in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture on Friday. The Japan Meteorological Agency registered the quake ... ( read original story ...)
5.0 magnitude quake strikes Japan’s Fukui Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on Friday struck the Reihoku District of Japan's Fukui Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). ( read original story ...)
Lab-grown earthquakes reveal the frictional forces acting beneath our feet
Simulating an earthquake on a miniature scale in a laboratory known unofficially as the "seismological wind tunnel," engineers and seismologists have produced the most comprehensive look to date at ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts Japanese islands
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck off Japan’s Ogasawara Islands early Thursday, the country's meteorological agency reported. The agency said the quake occurred around 12:21 a.m. local time ... ( read original story ...)
M5.5 quake rattles southern Japanese islands
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck early Thursday off the Ogasawara Islands, about 1,000 kilometers south of To ... ( read original story ...)
Lab-Grown Earthquakes Reveal Frictional Forces Acting Beneath Our Feet
A new study provides a comprehensive look at the motions and frictional laws driving destructive thrust-fault earthquakes Simulating an earthquake on ... ( read original story ...)
Disaster-prone Japan doubles as real-world test lab for US startups
While Japan is not known for wildfires, it does get more than its fair share of expressway-toppling earthquakes, nuclear-reactor-destroying tsunamis and airport-isolating typhoons. As such ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Atomic Energy Commission fears nation may run short of nuclear experts
Accidents have damaged perceptions of nuclear power, leading to fewer students studying nuclear energy at universities, the Cabinet Office-affiliated commission wrote. ( read original story ...)
Japan and regions hold scaled-back disaster drills amid pandemic
The central government's exercise was based on the assumption that a magnitude 9.1 earthquake occurred at 7:10 a.m. off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture. ( read original story ...)