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A mega earthquake as big as Fukushima may strike Japan within the next 30 years, a government report has showed. On Tuesday, the Japanese government’s Earthquake Research Committee said in a revised report that there was a 70 percent chance that a ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese government experts have warned that a mega-quake as large as the 2011 disaster may hit the country’s northernmost region within the next 30 years. An “impending” earthquake is forecast to strike off the Pacific coastline of Hokkaido ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese panel Tuesday warned of the high likelihood of a massive earthquake off the shore of its northernmost main island, Hokkaido, in the Chishima trench over the next 30 years. Officials warned that the next quake could be on the scale of the ... ( read original story ...)

A government panel is warning of a “high possibility” that an earthquake the size of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake will strike the area south of Hokkaido within the next 30 years. The Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion, announcing ... ( read original story ...)

The magnitude 4.5 quake struck at 11.43am JST (2.43am GMT) 36 miles south of Tokyo. Reports on social media suggest the impact of the earthquake was felt in the capital. One Twitter user said: “I just felt my first earthquake ever while in Tokyo.” ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Toba in Japan on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 23:15:20 / December 8, 2017 @ 11:15 pm. The temblor was picked up at 08:15:20 / 8:15 am ... ( read original story ...)

The magnitude 4.5 quake struck at 11.43am JST (2.43am GMT) 36 miles south of Tokyo. Reports on social media suggest the impact of the earthquake was felt in the capital. One Twitter user said: “I just felt my first earthquake ever while in Tokyo.” ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Namie in Japan on Monday. Unique identifier: us1000bmd4. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bmd4. The temblor was picked up at 14:06:47 / 2:06 pm (local time ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 105 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan (65 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:31:37 / 1:31 ... ( read original story ...)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairman John Coates has praised Tokyo 2020 for the attention given to reconstruction efforts in areas affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. Coates made the assertion at an ... ( read original story ...)

With our city now so laughably unaffordable, thousands of Vancouverites are stuck imagining wonderful homes instead of living in them. Spaced is a record of our minds wandering the world of architecture and design, up and away from the unrewarding ... ( read original story ...)

In 1988 Japan sent the first group of rescuers to help Armenia after the devastating earthquake that killed more than 25,000. Speaking to reporters in Yerevan Monday Japan’s Ambassador to Armenia Eiji Taguchi said “the development of economic relations ... ( read original story ...)

If you’ve ever witnessed the havoc that earthquakes can wreak, then you are fully aware of how frightening this rare act of nature can truly be. While the majority of earthquakes experienced are low on the Richter scale and cause minimal damage, some ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on March 11, 2011. The magnitude 9.0 quake spawned a deadly tsunami that slammed into the small island nation, leaving a huge swath of devastation in its wake. Thousands of people are dead and ... ( read original story ...)

The first shock hit at 11:58 a.m., emanating from a seismic fault six miles beneath the floor of Sagami Bay, 30 miles south of Tokyo. A 60- by 60-mile segment of the Philippine oceanic plate ruptured and thrust itself against the Eurasian continental plate ... ( read original story ...)

They state the trench - running offshore from the top of the South Island to Gisborne in the north - can produce deadly 9.0 earthquakes and tsunamis powerful enough to reach residents in just seven minutes. 'We need to think Japan 2011 basically ... ( read original story ...)