Tag: earthquake

Like the cat, she is a survivor of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that shook Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture and nearby regions on New Year’s Day, leaving at least 180 people dead, scores missing and buildings in shambles — including Minamidani’s seafood store. ( read original story ...)

Days after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed at least 128 people in western Japan, rescue teams are trying to beat expected heavy snowfall to deliver aid. ( read original story ...)

The death toll from Japan's devastating New Year's Day earthquake has risen from to more than 160, authorities say. Efforts are continuing to find more than 100 people who remain missing a week later. ( read original story ...)

A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, more than five days after a major earthquake hit the region. ( read original story ...)

On Saturday, rescuers spent hours pulling a woman in her 90s from under two-story house that collapsed. She had been trapped there for 124 hours. ( read original story ...)

The fishing town of Wajima is destroyed almost beyond recognition, as Japan grapples with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake. ( read original story ...)

When a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan's remote Noto peninsula on New Year's Day, millions of people were alerted by a small company that has been punching above its weight for years now. NERV is run by a small private firm called Gehirn - meaning brain in German - with just 13 full-time staff. ( read ...

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Monday uplifting the entire coastline in some areas, locals reported. ( read original story ...)

Baseball star Shohei Ohtani and his new team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, are donating $1 million to victims of a series of earthquakes that shook Japan’s western coast on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Along Japan's coastline, power was gradually being restored after the earthquakes, but water supplies were still short. ( read original story ...)

A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides. ( read original story ...)

The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Western Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on New Year's Day climbed to 94 on Friday as hope of finding more than 200 people still missing dwindled. ( read original story ...)

By Rocky Swift, Kaori Kaneko and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -Crews at Tokyo's Haneda Airport began clearing the charred wreck of a Japan Airlines plane from a runway on Friday, as investigators sought to retrieve its cockpit voice recorder to discover what caused its deadly collision with a Coast Guard aircraft. ( read original story ...

Japan's cabinet will approve next week the use of its reserved funds to cover damages from this week's massive earthquake in its west, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Japan issued a Tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan on New Year's Day. ( read original story ...)

A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan on Monday, causing widespread damage and claiming the lives of at least 55 people. ( read original story ...)