Tag: earthquake

Tokyo: An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 has struck Japan. Following the earthquake, a tsunami advisory had been issued for its outlying islands, which has now been lifted. As per the Japan Times ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the island of Jamaica ... by God Pentagon announces new nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan Here’s what to know about the President ... ( read original story ...)

Kantō earthquake in Tokyo led to fires responsible for 90% of the 105,000 casualties. This tragedy, detailed in a new paper in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, offers lessons for ... ( read original story ...)

Hailing from the Land of Light in Nebula M78, superhero Ultraman Zero dropped by this north Japan city on Oct. 24 to help raise children's sp ... ( read original story ...)

Slow-slip events or silent earthquakes take place over weeks or months. Researchers have speculated that water may help dampen the effects of an earthquake. Now, scientists have found that a plateau ... ( read original story ...)

Families in Japan have been told to brace themselves after a huge 6.6 magnitude earthquake prompted a tsunami warning. The quake reportedly hit the coast just off the Izu Islands at around 11am local ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast on Tuesday, the island’s weather bureau said, shaking buildings in the capital Taipei but with no reports of damage. The epicentre of the ... ( read original story ...)

The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea off Taiwan's Hualien county, to the south of Japan's Yonaguni island, at a depth of 5.7 km (3.5 miles), the weather bureau said. Trains on Taipei's metro ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter Scale struck the capital city of Nepal, Kathmandu, at 4:17 am today. ( read original story ...)

BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Ryukyu Islands, Japan at 0351 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 hit Miyako island, southwestern Japan, but no tsunami warning was issued, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. There were no immediate reports ... ( read original story ...)

The quiet life of the Miyakojima region was abruptly shaken on the 16th, as a seismic event registering a moderate intensity of 4 on the Richter scale took hold. The clock was just approaching 7:42 pm ... ( read original story ...)

American music group, paid a visit to this resilient town, carrying a mission of hope and healing through the universal language of music. A Musical Bridge of Solidarity The GRATEFUL CRANE ENSEMBLE ... ( read original story ...)

While earthquakes can happen anywhere at any time, they are more likely to occur in certain regions of the world. There are three major earthquake zones on Earth: the circum-Pacific seismic belt, the ... ( read original story ...)

In recent news, Chiba Prefecture in Japan has been making headlines for various reasons. From earthquakes to innovations in wireless charging to hornet extermination, there’s a lot to unravel in the ... ( read original story ...)

The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to over 2,000, a Taliban government spokesman said Su ( read original story ...)