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TOKYO (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit central Japan on Saturday morning but no tsunami is expected, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Police said they have heard no reports of damage or casualties. The quake’s epicenter was in northern ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 hit central Japan, but no tsunami is expected, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. ( read original story ...)

Seven years have passed since the 311 Eastern Japan Earthquake. The Taiwan Red Cross has already completed its visit of reconstruction projects in Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate, areas hit hardest by the earthquake. As of this year, 62 public housing ... ( read original story ...)

It knocked the Earth 16.5cm (six-and-a-half inches) off its axis and moved Japan four metres (13 feet) closer to the US: an account of the 2011 tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people in Japan has won Britain’s Folio prize for literature. The award ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 132 km WSW of Naze, Japan (82 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.228 East, latitude ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 130 km ESE of Namie, Japan (81 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 142.3841° East, 37.0864° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 08:55:29 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). ( read original story ...)

A book exploring the tragedy of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 has won the Rathbones Folio Prize. Richard Lloyd Parry’s non-fiction work, Ghosts Of The Tsunami, is labelled the definitive book on the quake which killed more than 15,000 ... ( read original story ...)

May 9 (UPI) --A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan and a 5.1-magnitude ... its platforms related to the upcoming abortion referendum in Ireland. China, Japan, South Korea agree on 'complete denuclearization' 3 hours ago ago May 9 (UPI ... ( read original story ...)

A rare magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Gulf of Mexico about 160 miles ... lt;img class="styles-A54tP4F3__noscript__12c_l" src="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/whale-japan.jpg?v=at&w=320&h=180&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0" srcset ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Note: Data series only dates back to March 2011. That month may have been unusually weak due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. ANA, however, has been busy consolidating — buying AirAsia ... ( read original story ...)

Similar claims have been made for other regions of Japan for decades, but Japan has reportedly had little luck predicting major earthquakes despite pouring significant financial resources into prediction research. Keiichi Ishii, the land minister ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ushiku in Japan on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.78 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000dz7l. Ids that are ... ( read original story ...)

Earthquakes Hawaii has been rattled by more than 1,000 earthquakes ... Officials are continuing to monitor the situation, hoping to avoid a repeat of the 2011 tsunami, which devastated Japan before striking Hawaii and reaching California. ( read original story ...)

RMS, the leading global risk modeling and analytics firm, announced today the release of its new Japan Earthquake and Tsunami High Definition (HD) model. RMS has collaborated with local experts, scientific agencies and insurers to develop a model that ... ( read original story ...)

Catastrophe risk modelling and analytics specialist RMS has announced the launch of a new and updated high-definition risk model for Japanese earthquake and tsunami risks, which incorporates the latest seismic map data as well as learnings from the Tohoku ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported Hokkaido, Japan region kilometers (0 miles) from Hokkaido, Japan region on Monday. Global time and date of event 09/04/18 / 2018-04-09 21:25:16 / April 9, 2018 @ 9:25 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was ... ( read original story ...)