Many residents were given several seconds' warning before shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck east of San Jose this week. ( read original story ...)
Nuclear zombie town Fukushima reopens after earthquake caused radiation disaster
In 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake caused tidal waves to smash into Fukushima, where they flooded the nuclear power plant's reactor cooling systems and triggered one of the world's worst ever nuclear ... ( read original story ...)
Toho Warns Suzume Movie Will Have Depictions of Earthquakes
Toho has announced that production for the movie Suzume is complete, less than a month before the film’s opening day. Furthermore, Toho warned fans that there will be depictions of earthquakes and ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake of 5.1-magnitude jolts Japan; no tsunami warning issued
The earthquake logged a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, which peaks at 7 in some areas of Fukushima, according to the weather agency. There have been no immediate reports of major ... ( read original story ...)
M5.1 quake shakes Japan’s Fukushima, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck northeastern Japan including Fukushima Prefecture on Friday afternoon, the w ... ( read original story ...)
5.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issue
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture in Japan's northeast on Friday, the weather agency said, although no tsunami warning has been issued. ( read original story ...)
M5.1 earthquake hits Fukushima Pref. in northeastern Japan
A strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 hit Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 3:19 p.m. on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture: JMA
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, the weather agency here said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor, ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Operation of Japan’s glitchy missile warning system needs review
North Korea has fired a series of ballistic missiles, and on Oct. 4 one of them flew over the Japanese archipelago for the first time in five years. T ... ( read original story ...)
40% of housing for 2011 Japan disaster victims lies in tsunami hazard zones: Mainichi study
About 40% of public housing provided for those affected by the devastating March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefe ... ( read original story ...)
Village House Led an Exercise on Earthquake Preparedness for The First Time with Its Foreign Residents in Japan
Japan is considerably an earthquake-prone region. Thus, the Village House Vietnamese Customer Service Team in Kato City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, led an earthquake preparedness event for its ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake looms as anglers land doomsday fish: ‘We are all going to die!’
“Then they complain when they have a huge earthquake.” This seismic superstition is based on Japanese mythology, in which oarfish are seen as symbols of earthquakes and other catastrophe ... ( read original story ...)
UN expert says Japan should do more for Fukushima evacuees
A United Nations human rights expert is urging Japan’s government to provide evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster with more support, including housing, jobs and other needs, regardless o ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s earthquake warnings to include alerts on long-period ground motions
Japan's Meteorological Agency plans to start issuing alerts in February for long and slow tremors that would affect skyscrapers, as part of its early warnings for powerful earthquakes. ( read original story ...)
Husband is still diving to find his wife in Japan after losing her in 2011 tsunami
Devoted Husband Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife in the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in Japan but still goes diving every week in the hope of finding her body. ( read original story ...)
This man goes diving every week looking for his wife’s body missing since Japan’s 2011 tsunami
Tōhoku underwater earthquake and tsunami occurred on 11 March. It lasted approximately six minutes and was officially the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful ... ( read original story ...)