Tag: earthquake

The Japanese government has decided to provide hundreds of millions of dollars to Ishikawa Prefecture to support rebuilding efforts, five months after a powerful earthquake struck central Japan's Noto ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has decided to provide more than 300 million dollars in financial aid to help Ishikawa Prefecture recover from severe damage caused by the New Year's Day earthquake. The ... ( read original story ...)

A survey of 21 evacuation centers in areas hit by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake revealed that more than 80% of the temporary restrooms･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

In 2024, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan on New Year's Day, causing strong shaking, landslides, fire, liquefaction, land uplift, and devastating tsunamis. Ishikawa ... ( read original story ...)

Correspondents Lim Yun Suk and Michiyo Ishida look at why Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is pushing for a meeting with his counterpart in Pyongyang Kim Jong Un. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese town that mounted a huge barrier to deter unruly tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji said Tuesday that around 10 small holes have already been poked in the mesh screen. The barrier ... ( read original story ...)

On a small island off Japan's northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. ( read original story ...)

North Korea has notified Japan of its plan to launch a rocket carrying a space satellite towards the Yellow Sea and east of Luzon Island between May 27 and June 4, the Japan Coast Guard said on Monday. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude struck Muli county in China's Sichuan province, according to China Earthquake Networks Center on Monday. ( read original story ...)

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Tonga on Sunday (May 26), according to the United States Geological Survey. The natural disaster was centered in Fangale'ounga at a depth of 112.2 kilometers (about 70 miles). The USGS said there were five reports of residents having felt the earthquake at the time of publication on Sunday. ( read original ...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu on Saturday (May 25), according to the United States Geological Survey. The natural disaster was centered in Port-Vila at a depth of 32.1 kilometers (about 52 miles). ( read original story ...)

On the first day of 2024, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, killing at least 57 people and destroying thousands of homes. This is not the first time the East Asian nation has weathered such ... ( read original story ...)

On a small island off Japan's northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. ( read original story ...)

Whakatāne needs to prepare for a megathrust earthquake and resulting tsunami similar in size and strength to the 2011 Japan event, local GNS researcher Dr Mawera Karetai says. She has planned a series of workshops with GNS seismologists for next month as she feels most people in town are “woefully ill-prepared” for an earthquake. ( read ...

In an ongoing swarm of earthquakes that began hitting Japan in 2020, the shifting weight of surface water may have spurred the shaking ( read original story ...)

Panicked residents were seen pouring into the streets of the southern Italian city after the 4.4magnitude quake was registered shortly after 8pm local time (6pm GMT) ( read original story ...)