Tokyo, Japan: A moderately strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima on Thursday but no fresh damage to the crippled nuclear power plant there was reported and there was no risk of a tsunami, officials said. The 5.8-magnitude quake hit at ... ( read original story ...)
Quake measuring 5.8 magnitude hits off Japan’s Fukushima, no damage or tsunami
A moderately strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Fukushima on Thursday but no fresh damage to the crippled nuclear power plant there was reported and there was no risk of a tsunami, officials said. The 5.8-magnitude quake hit at 9:11 ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake in northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning – JMA
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 hit northeastern Japan on Thursday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued after the 9:11 a.m. (0011 GMT) quake ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake – northern Japan & Tokyo
Japan's public broadcaster with the news (NHK) Northern Japan quake, felt in Tokyo There has been no tsunami alert issued, said to be no tsunami threat Magnitude 5.6 quake says NHK, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says magnitude 5.8, hit Honshu (Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
House panel backs earthquake early warning system, defying Trump’s plan to kill it
The text of an earthquake early warning, received on an iPhone in Tokyo in 2014. The Japanese text says: "This is an earthquake early warning. An earthquake occurred off the Fukushima coast, prepare for strong tremors." Shaking arrived after the alert ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea earthquake: Fears Kim Jong-Un sparked 5.8 magnitude tremor with nuclear test
The 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the Sea of Japan on Thursday was extremely rare, experts said. It had initially been marked as 6.0 but was later downgraded. Geologists said it struck very deep early in the morning, 334.1 miles below the seabed, and is ... ( read original story ...)
Christchurch woman finds same sense of community while teaching in disaster-stricken Namie, Japan
we finally got electricity back in South New Brighton and shortly after there was the news about the Tohoku tsunami and earthquake." News of Tohoku resonated with Vivian-Neal, who has familial roots in Okinawa, an island to the far south of Japan. ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Naze in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Naze in Japan on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/17 / 2017-06-28 15:44:21 / June 28, 2017 @ 3:44 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Magnitude 5.3 quake hits southern Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO, July 11 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake was centered just ... ( read original story ...)
Bunkering down: sales of nuclear shelters climb in Japan wary of North Korea tests
Japan is surrounded but instability, on the Korean peninsula, in the South China Sea Yoshihiko Kurotori At 75, he is unsure if he will live to see the Nankai earthquake and tsunami some experts predict will strike the region in the next 30 years. ( read original story ...)
In Japan, earthquakes are just a day in the park
KOBE, Japan — Somehow, it’s not surprising that the country that gave us Godzilla and elevated fake food to a fine art has also found a way to make earthquake preparedness entertaining. Guided by the philosophy that experience is the best teacher ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake kills at least two in Philippines
TACLOBAN, PHILIPPINES – A strong earthquake damaged a power plant, caused landslides and cracked buildings and roads in the central Philippines, injuring scores of people and cutting off outlying villages. An east-central area of the archipelago was ... ( read original story ...)
Jhe Japan Meteorological agency reported that a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s northernmost Hokkaido island.
TOKYO (Sputnik) — A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's northernmost Hokkaido island, according to the Japan Meteorological agency. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Abira settlement late on Saturday, while Iburi province suffered from 5-magnitude ... ( read original story ...)
NZ, US and Japanese scientists research earthquakes off Bay coast
Scientists have been researching earthquakes and tsunamis off the coast of Hawke's Bay as part of a national project. Scientists from New Zealand, United States of America and Japan have spent the last week gathering data from the seafloor off the coast of ... ( read original story ...)
‘Gloomy Japan’ highlights a loss of hope
Genda thinks the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, played a big part in recalibrating people’s views on what is important. If that’s true, it may be something good that has come from that disaster. Natural Selections covers issues related ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Ryugasaki in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Ryugasaki in Japan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.43 km (46 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20009pal. Unique identifier: us20009pal. ( read original story ...)