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The huge earthquake struck 16km (9.9miles) south-southeast of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture. The island sits about 116km away from Kagoshima off mainland Japan. Striking at 12.39pm GMT (9.39pm lo... ( read original story ...)

A strong earthquake hit near southern Japan on Tuesday, shaking buildings, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. No tsunami was expected. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. The 2011 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami killed over 15,000 peo... ( read original story ...)

The faults that produce Japan and Mexico's largest earthquakes are quite distant from their biggest cities, but the longest faults in California are much closer to urban centers like Los Angeles and S... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 hit southern Japan on Thursday but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, and there were no immediate reports of d... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — An earthquake has shaken southwestern Japan but there are no immediate reports of damage or risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the quake measured a preliminary magnitude 5.0 ... ( read original story ...)

The system helped prevent deadly derailments of high-speed trains in Japan before the shaking arrived from the magnitude 9.1 earthquake of 2011, for instance, signaling the trains to slow down. Memora... ( read original story ...)

KYODO 6. Terrifying temblor: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake — reaching the maximum 7 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale in some areas — hit Hokkaido, causing landslides that destroyed homes on Sept. 6. Th... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Ibusuki in Japan on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 12:17:59 / December 1... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 09:56:24 / December 1, 20... ( read original story ...)

In addition, just over 40 people were killed after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Hokkaido in September ... more than double their recruitment target of 80,000 volunteers. ... Japan formally announces ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 101 km NNE of Hirara, Japan (63 miles). Exact location of event, depth 42.68 km, 125.7502° East, 25.6107° North. The epicenter was at a d... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Wednesday selected the kanji character for "disaster" as its "defining symbol" for 2018, a year that saw the country hit by deadly floods, earthquakes and storms. Japanese TV stations broadca... ( read original story ...)

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 178 km SE of Katsuura, Japan (111 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the ear... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Dec 24: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit Japan's Honshu region on Monday morning. There are no reports of any damage due to the earthquake. A 5.5 magnitude earthquake is con... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s postwar constitution prohibits the emperor from ... making several visits to the region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He referred in his address to earthquakes, floods, ... ( read original story ...)