Tag: earthquake

Martínez A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Thursday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake struck 28 miles south of San Pedro Atacama at a depth of 72 miles, ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio held bilateral talks with leaders of seven South Pacific countries on the second day of their summit in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

The details of the last megathrust quake are "actually remarkably well known," Nissen said, thanks to the oral histories of Indigenous people living on Vancouver Island as well as accurate recordkeeping in Japan. The last megathrust earthquake along the ... ( read original story ...)

The temblor occurred at 8:07 pm local time, measuring 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Ogasawara village, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). ( read original story ...)

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) announced the launch of Project for Capacity Development for Monitoring and Information Dissemination of Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcano, ( read original story ...)

The Philippines and Japan on Tuesday signed an agreement to improve earthquake and tsunami capabilities to mark the 34th anniversary of the deadly 1990 Luzon quake. The Philippine Institute of ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK, July 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 127 km SSE of Itoman, Japan, at 23:18:47 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 ... ( read original story ...)

Female free divers are gathering seafood again in central Japan after the New Year's Day earthquake had forced them to halt. On Friday, 130 so-called Ama who work without scuba equipment set off for coastal harvesting areas off Wajima City. Dredging work ... ( read original story ...)

Along the coast of Japan, hundreds of tsunami stones stand tall, engraved with warnings to locals about natural disasters and the consequences of building homes too close to the coastline. The oldest ... ( read original story ...)

The decision stems from January's Noto Peninsula earthquake, which destroyed communities and limited rescue teams' access into affected areas Japan is planning to construct hospital ships that will be able to respond quickly to natural disasters in coastal areas, ( read original story ...)

Over four days, the cohort visited Japan’s Tohoku region, the site of 2011’s Great East Japan Earthquake and the resulting tsunami and nuclear disaster. “The Japanese people are very resilient,” says Kim Ball, owner of Hi-Tech Maui, which has four ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese weather officials are urging caution for possible ... to be particularly careful as the area's topography has been changed by the New Year's Day earthquake on the Noto Peninsula. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government left unused about 130 billion yen ($807 million) from the over 6.8 trillion yen that was earmarked as the def ( read original story ...)

North Korea on Wednesday denounced Japan's additional discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, saying that the world cannot help but face a "terrifying nuclear disaster. ( read original story ...)

A Chinese man who has been accused of spray painting the word "toilet" and urinating on a pillar at a controversial Japanese shrine has been arrested, say local media reports. The man was arrested by police in Tokyo on Tuesday on suspicion of damaging property and desecrating a place of worship. ( read original story ...

Japan's government is aiming to launch a system to provide medical services on ships at sea in case of large-scale disasters. ( read original story ...)