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TOKYO -- A strong earthquake jolted eastern Japan on the afternoon of May 25, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The estimated 5.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck at about 3:20 ... ( read original story ...)

A seismologist points at a graphic showing an earthquake reading. (Reuters pic) TOKYO: A medium-strength earthquake hit eastern Japan on Saturday, NHK national television said, causing buildings to ... ( read original story ...)

A medium-strength earthquake hit eastern Japan causing buildings to shake in Tokyo on Saturday, NHK national television said. The incident happened just hours before the arrival of U.S. President ... ( read original story ...)

A medium-strength earthquake hit eastern Japan, causing buildings to shake in Tokyo, hours before Trump’s arrival. The epicenter was southern Chiba, southeast of the capital, the prefecture ... ( read original story ...)

HONOLULU--Officials at a tsunami monitoring center in Hawaii say a fake threat was circulated about an earthquake in Japan and subsequent tidal wave. News outlets reported Tuesday that the Pacific ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Sakado in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/05/19 / 2019-05-24 03:40:17 / May 24, 2019 ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 161 km ESE of Nago, Japan (100 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:56:03 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). ... ( read original story ...)

I guess I’ve been lucky. In all the time I have been in Japan, I have only encountered a few relatively minor earthquakes. In fact, in their own way, each experience was kind of funny. Photo by にっしーな ... ( read original story ...)

Organisers have said over 400,000 travelling fans are expected to travel and if they’ve done their homework, they’ll be well-versed that Japan is located at the junction of four tectonic plates and ... ( read original story ...)

The odds of a really big one – a magnitude 9 event similar to the megathrust earthquake and tsunami near Japan in 2011 – was estimated by a B.C. auditor-general’s report at one-in-10 over the next ... ( read original story ...)

May 12 (UPI) --Several Japanese prefectures ravaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 resurrected traditional lion dances on Sunday. The dances involving colorful costumes modeled after lions ... ( read original story ...)

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but Japanese authorities said there was no tsunami threat. The Japan earthquake struck at 8:48 am (2348 GMT ... ( read original story ...)

Miyazaki: The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit near Miyazaki in southwestern Japan. The agency says the earthquake struck at 8:48 AM, local time Friday and had an epicenter 39 ... ( read original story ...)

Two major earthquakes - measuring 5.3 and 6.3 on the Richter Scale jolted coast of southern Japan in the early hours on Friday. The first quake jolted at 10:43 pm (UTC), while the second one hit the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has accumulated a wide range of specialized knowledge that can be useful in preparing for future disasters, painfully learned through the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, the Great East Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Two earthquakes measuring 5.6 and 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit off the coast of southern Japan on Friday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The first quake of magnitude 5.6 took place ... ( read original story ...)