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The ring of fire is on alert after Japan was rocked by an earthquake. The 5.1 magnitude quake is just one more in the past week that’s made the area increasingly geologically unstable. The Japan earthquake struck 46 miles from the town of Miyako, which ... ( read original story ...)

The earthquake registered 5.1 magnitude at struck at a depth of 37 miles off the east coast of Honshu. The Japan earthquake struck 46 miles from the town of Miyako, which is home to more than 50,000 people. Morioka-shi, home to nearly 300,000 people, is 73 ... ( read original story ...)

A day after a massive earthquake near Alaska sparked tsunami alerts for the U.S. West Coast, a magnitude 6.2 quake was reported early Wednesday off the coast of Japan, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 9:50 p.m. local time ... ( read original story ...)

The earthquake hit north-east of Japan's main island, Honshu US Geological Survey A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan, according to the US Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off Japan on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit 103 km (64 miles) northeast of the island of Honshu, at a depth of 64 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was hit by a high-intensity magnitude earthquake, measuring 6.4 in the richter scale on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit 103 km (64 miles) northeast of the island of Honshu, at a depth of ... ( read original story ...)

The tectonic plates fit together like a puzzle, but are constantly moving and colliding with each other, thus producing numerous earthquakes. In addition to the volcanic eruption in Japan and the earthquake in Alaska, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred ... ( read original story ...)

The quake hit Hokkaido, 103 km (64 miles) northeast of the island of the popular Honshu island, at a depth of 64 km (40 miles). It landed in the Ring of Fire, so-called because a huge number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions take place there. ( read original story ...)

A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as M6.2 hit near the coast of Hokkaido, Japan at 10:51 UTC on January 24, 2018 (19:51 local time). The agency is reporting a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles). USGS is reporting ... ( read original story ...)

A series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have hit the Pacific Rim. Tuesday morning in the Gulf of Alaska, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake near Kodiak set off early tsunami warnings that extended across the southern coast of the state and into British ... ( read original story ...)

A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.75 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not ... ( read original story ...)

Prior to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, Fukui’s plants provided up to half of Kansai’s electricity. As only two commercial reactors run by Kansai Electric Power Co. are in operation and a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. An eruption of Mount Ontake in 2014 killed about 60 people. Several other Japanese volcanoes are considered unstable with small eruptions in recent years. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s infrastructure is built with earthquakes in mind, and the Coeda House, a cafe in Shizuoka, Japan, is one example. Instead of columns, architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates created a tree-like form in the middle of the coffee house. ( read original story ...)

Officials in Japan said there was no tsunami threat there. Heather Rand, who was 360 miles away in Anchorage, said it felt like the longest earthquake she had ever experienced, Agence France-Presse reported, “It was a very long, slow build-up. ( read original story ...)

In the 20 years up to 2013, Japan reported the world’s second biggest economic losses from natural disasters – nearly $500bn. The majority was due to earthquakes. One building on Honshu, Japan’s biggest island, has been shrouded in a new kind of ... ( read original story ...)