The No. 2 unit of the Onagawa plant is the first of the reactors damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster to win final approval with local consent to restart. ( read original story ...)
60% of Japan’s major cities lack toilet plans for disaster evacuees: Mainichi survey
A Mainichi Shimbun survey has found that some 60% of Japan's 20 ordinance-designated cities and Tokyo's 23 special wards have yet to formulat ... ( read original story ...)
Tsunami-hit Japanese nuclear reactor gets restart approval
A nuclear reactor in northern Japan on Wednesday became the first among those damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to get final restart approval, with support from regional authorities. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s tsunami-hit Onagawa reactor receives final restart approval
A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan damaged by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster has cleared the last hurdle to resume operations after getting the green light Wednesday from local ... ( read original story ...)
Tsunami-hit Onagawa reactor in northeast Japan gets final approval for restart
The No. 2 unit of the Onagawa plant is the first of the reactors damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster to win final approval with local consent to restart. ( read original story ...)
Tsunami-hit reactor in northeast Japan gets final approval to restart
A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan damaged by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster has cleared the last hurdle to resume op ... ( read original story ...)
What to Know About the Earthquake That Hit Massachusetts on Sunday
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit southern New England on Sunday, causing little serious damage but a rattling plenty of people’s nerves. The quake was first reported as magnitude 4.0, but later ... ( read original story ...)
Statue of ‘One Piece’ character Chopper unveiled at quake-hit zoo in southwest Japan
An unveiling ceremony for a statue of reindeer character Chopper that appears in the popular manga series "One Piece" was held at a zoo in this southwestern Japan city's Higashi Ward on Nov. 7. The ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes near Sendai, Japan
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 4.0 quake in Japan near the city of Ishinomaki only 14 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Monday 9 November ... ( read original story ...)
Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 70 km depth
Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, information source, shake map, list of reports. Feature interactive map: submit / read I-felt-an-earthquake reports and links to ... ( read original story ...)
5.2-magnitude quake hits Izu Islands, Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Izu Islands, Japan at 21:30:43 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo earthquake: 6.2 magnitude quake recorded near remote Japanese island
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 10 kilometers (more than 6 miles).No tsunami alert has been declared ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake recorded over 600 miles southeast of Tokyo
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday near the Japanese island of Chichijima in the Ogasawara archipelago over 600 miles southeast of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. ( read original story ...)
5.8-magnitude quake hits Volcano Islands, Japan region
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Volcano Islands, Japan region at 01:10:32 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 17.76 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)
5.1-magnitude quake hits 157 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan: USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 157 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan at 17:16:54 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 16.9 km, was initially determined ... ( read original story ...)
Significant magnitude 5.6 earthquake 152 km northeast of Hachinohe, Japan
Just 12 minutes ago, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Hachinohe, Japan. The tremor was recorded early evening on Friday 6 November 2020 at 6.56 pm local time, at a moderately shallow ... ( read original story ...)