Tag: earthquake

Each year on March 11 at precisely 2:46 p.m., a siren blares across much of the northeastern Japan region that was devastated in the ... ( read original story ...)

Social media users are circulating a picture of a damaged bridge with claims that foreigners in South Africa stripped the structure so that they could sell the materials. This is false: the picture ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake measuring 5 magnitude on the Richter scale hit off the coast of Japan's Hokkaido island on Tuesday.The epicentre of the earthquake occurred off the coast ... ( read original story ...)

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of casualties or major damage. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has sent construction and engineering experts to Turkey to help rebuild communities and infrastructure damaged by powerful earthquakes last month. ( read original story ...)

The last 50 years have seen major earthquakes that not only resulted in tens of thousands of deaths but also caused massive economic damage. Accordin ... ( read original story ...)

GAZIANTEP, Türkiye . Following the twin earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, Japan is currently conducting the largest overseas medical mission in its history in ... ( read original story ...)

A museum commemorating the friendship between Japan and Turkey has been receiving donations and messages for survivors of the powerful earthquakes that hit Turkey a month ago. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 offshore hit Saturday the Japanese Ryukyu Islands. The European Mediterranean ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese expert estimates as many as 76,000 people would die from after-effects of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough along Japan's Pacific Coast. ( read original story ...)

Sirens are sounded in many disaster-hit municipalities in Japan on March 11 every year to remind people to observe a moment of silence for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. A city in ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Meteorological Society can now efficiently predict landslides and earthquakes, thanks to a new supercomputer system. ( read original story ...)

The lower house of Parliament approved Tuesday a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes a record 6.8 trillion yen ($50 billion) in defence spending, part of Japan's effort to fortify its military as China's influence in the region grows. ( read original story ...)

The mayor of a quake-stricken city in southern Turkey has thanked a Japanese medical team for its assistance. The team has treated more than 850 sick and injured people since it arrived in Gaziantep on February 14. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Hokkaido island was hit by an earthquake of magnitude of 6.1 on Saturday, local authorities said, which didn't issue any tsunami warning. The quake hit off the Nemuro peninsula in the northern ... ( read original story ...)

Japan, after initially sending $16 million (TL 302 million) in emergency aid for disaster-ravaged Türkiye and Syria, has extended it even more by ( read original story ...)