Tag: earthquake

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported off the east coast of Honshu, Japan (0 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Naze in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.1991 East, latitude 28.2788 North, depth = 10 ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN) - Fishermen were stunned to discover two deep-sea fish believed to be ancient harbingers of earthquakes and tsunamis alive in nets in the Japanese island of Okinawa. The two oarfish, about 3.6 m... ( read original story ...)

Two oarfish measuring between three to four metres long were caught in a fishnet (Image: GETTY) Two oarfish measuring between three to four metres long were caught in a fishnet after reports of them w... ( read original story ...)

has a very Japanese problem. Earthquakes. Even though this word revives macabre imagery of entire buildings collapsing that most of us have seen on TV, there are many more earthquakes that are not tha... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court has awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages ... Triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake, the tsunami overwhelmed reactor cooling systems, sending three into meltdown and sending ra... ( read original story ...)

Triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake, a tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi ... The verdict was the fifth time the government has been ruled liable for the disaster in eastern Japan. In Marc... ( read original story ...)

After analyzing the offshore magnitude 9 earthquake that devastated Japan in 2011, a team of researchers found that this single event pulled over a million tons of carbon into the Japan Trench to dept... ( read original story ...)

A Google satellite map shows where the 2011 Tohoku earthquake struck off Japan. Credit: zodebala/Getty Images In 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake rumbled to life off the coast of Tohoku, Japan, trigge... ( read original story ...)

In September a large earthquake triggered a blackout in the northern island of Hokkaido, which followed severe typhoons that damaged airports and transport infrastructure in western Japan. Businesses ... ( read original story ...)

In September a large earthquake triggered a blackout in the northern island of Hokkaido, which followed severe typhoons that damaged airports and transport infrastructure in western Japan. Businesses ... ( read original story ...)

However, Yoshiaki Orihara, a professor at Tokai University who has researched potential links between sightings of the fish and earthquakes, said he found “almost no correlation” with quakes that have ... ( read original story ...)

Numerous reports of oarfish — a rarely seen deep-sea species — captured or spotted in waters around Japan since the beginning of the year have sparked concern that an earthquake could strike soon. Acc... ( read original story ...)

The oarfish, dubbed the 'fish of tremors' for its supposed link to earthquakes, was caught off the town of Mancora, a popular resort for surfers in northern Peru. It comes after several of the creatur... ( read original story ...)

The 4.9 magnitude quake struck 83 miles (135km) east-southeast from Shizuani district in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, at 7.57am GMT (4.35pm local time) on Thursday. The large tremor struck in the N... ( read original story ...)

A four-metre-long (13.12ft) oarfish was found on Monday tangled in a fishnet off the port of Imizu is the latest in the spate of unexplained deaths. The creatures, which can grow up to as long as much ... ( read original story ...)