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“Not a single pane of glass broke.” The dome houses can withstand wind and earthquakes because they have no beams that can be broken, Konishi said. Japan Dome House, the company that makes the polystyrene pieces used in the structures, said after the ... ( read original story ...)

Nestled near a volcano in southern Japan, 450 quake-resistant dome houses put up by a health resort and decorated with flowers and dinosaurs are drawing visitors from across Asia. A dozen polystyrene foam pieces, each so light that two adults can.. ( read original story ...)

"Not a single pane of glass broke." Wind and earthquakes do not easily damage the dome houses because they have no beams that can be broken, Konishi said. Japan Dome House, the company that makes the polystrene pieces used in the structures, says that ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Hokkaido prefecture on Friday. No tsunami warning was issued. Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Hokkaido prefecture on Friday. No tsunami warning was issued. ( read original story ...)

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.45 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.8944 East ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 125 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (78 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000bhi3. Ids that are ... ( read original story ...)

Fukuoka, Japan - The islands of the Japanese archipelago are affected both by frequent, low-magnitude earthquakes and tremors and by larger, highly destructive events. One of the largest quakes to strike Japan occurred in 1944, leading to the loss of more ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake struck Japan on Wednesday and was quickly followed by the latest eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia - the latest incident in a worrying increase of seismic activity in the volatile region. The 6.1 magnitude quake struck off Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, which was followed by a tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear power accident, Katsuichi Kato wanted to save his town. A hamlet tucked away in fern- and forest-covered hills, Tsuchiyu was dependent on tourism ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 185 km ENE of Miyako, Japan (115 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.8342 East, latitude 40.4817 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 20:50:22 / 8:50 pm ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 88 km NNW of Iwo Jima, Japan (55 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10 ... ( read original story ...)

(c) 2017, The Japan News/Yomiuri. To strengthen the response to a feared massive earthquake in Japan’s Nankai Trough, the government is revising disaster prevention measures, including the dissemination of earthquake warnings, that have been prepared on ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan earthquake registered 5.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale. No tsunami alert has been issued according to the Pacific Tsunami Center. It struck at around 5pm local time (10am BST) at a shallow depth of just over six miles. The quake struck near the ... ( read original story ...)

AN earthquake measuring magnitude 6.1 has struck off the southern coast of Japan. The quake struck 424 miles from the Japanese island of Kyushu at a depth of 6.2 miles, the United States Geological Survey said. The earthquake struck 424 miles from the ... ( read original story ...)

A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island , Minamikojima and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea Thomson Reuters SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off southern Japan on ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off southern Japan on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake struck 682 km (424 miles) off Japan’s island of Kyushu at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the agency said, but ... ( read original story ...)