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This course focuses on issues related to emergency/disaster management, disaster preparedness, and community redevelopment and resilience. For that purpose, the main part of this course will be a mand... ( read original story ...)

When a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off the northeastern coast of Japan’s Honshu island on March 11, 2011, the world’s leading nations responded by sending planes to rescue Jap... ( read original story ...)

A strong earthquake hit near southern Japan on Tuesday, shaking buildings, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. No tsunami was expected. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck in ... ( read original story ...)

A CNN reporter tweeted: "We felt just a minor earthquake right now. "Japanese meteorological agency says it was a 5.3 inland quake. No tsunami alert. No big deal for Japan." A resident shared on EMSC' ... ( read original story ...)

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Japanese island of Honshu on Friday evening local time, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The quake struck some 50miles east of Tokyo, in Japan's Chiba ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo was hit by an earthquake at around 11.45am GMT, with the quake initially registering a magnitude of 5.8. It was later downgraded to 5.0. Shocked residents recorded their experiences on earthquak... ( read original story ...)

Mail Online - 10:24 AM GMT January 18, 2019 Japan earthquake: Large 6.4-magnitude tremor strikes off south east coast Mail Online - 13:43 PM GMT January 08, 2019 BREAKING Japan earthquake: Large 6.4-m... ( read original story ...)

On Jan. 17, 1995, more than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe (koh-bay), Japan. Osaka and the ancient city of Kyoto were also severely ... ( read original story ...)

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Jan. 18, 2019) – The entire Camp Zama community is urged to participate in the Jan. 23 earthquake preparedness “Shake Out Drill,” according to U.S. Army Garrison Japan officials. It’ ... ( read original story ...)

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sawara in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. E... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Thursday. Event id: us2000j4um. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j4um. The temblor w... ( read original story ...)

“I fear that the lessons we learned from the earthquake, and our memories of it ... particularly after a series of natural disasters struck Japan last year and with experts warning of a possible megaq... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — A strong earthquake hit near southern Japan on Tuesday, shaking buildings, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. No tsunami was expected. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake s... ( read original story ...)

Jan. 16 (UPI) --A Japanese drilling ship is boring a hole beneath the seabed at the Nankai Trough, a major earthquake-prone hot spot, according to multiple reports. Japanese news service The Page repo... ( read original story ...)

With the final countdown to this year's Rugby World Cup in Japan well under way, organisers are focusing their efforts on contingency planning in the notoriously earthquake and typhoon-prone ... ( read original story ...)

Sone grew up in a Japanese society that's understandably wary of earthquakes, given the long history of seismic activity in the country. He remembers elementary school visits from a truck with a ... ( read original story ...)