Tag: earthquake

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 ...)

An earthquake measuring 6.0 on Richter scale jolts Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. However, no tsunami warnings were issued following the earthquake and there were no ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Tuesday morning near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Its epicenter was at a depth of ... ( read original story ...)

The inability to earn a living in quake-hit cities is making them seek greener pastures elsewhere, a community leader says. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 on Tuesday struck near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo, with no tsunami warnings issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. ( read original story ...)