Two of Japan's nuclear power plants were rattled on Monday when a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southwest Japan, prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the region. This map shows the ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

Japan is no stranger to severe earthquakes. It lies on the Ring of ... he secured emergency supplies like food and water, monitored online maps for hazardous areas, and considered visiting his ...

Japan has warned the next "big one" earthquake to hit its Pacific coast could kill nearly 300,000 people, create £1.4trillion worth of damage to the country's economy and generate 12.3 million ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter Scale hit Kyushu, Japan at 7.34 PM (IST) on April 2: National Center for Seismology pic.twitter.com/ZaYzcGXtdg Read more about our editorial ...

Earlier this month, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northern Osaka, killing 5 people and injuring more than 300. A government panel has released its latest earthquake probability map, which ...

An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck Japan's Kyushu on Wednesday, according to the National Center for Seismology. No reports of any damage have been reported yet. Tremors of the first earthquake ...

The date was September 1, 1923, and the event was the Great Kanto Earthquake, at the time considered the worst natural disaster ever to strike quake-prone Japan. The initial jolt was followed a ...

On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 2:46:23 p.m. local time, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, the largest in recorded history. The resulting tsunami that swept the coast resulted in over 10,000 ...

TOKYO, January 3. /TASS/. The death toll from the earthquakes that continue in central Japan has reached 62, as follows from the data published by the regional authorities. More than 100 people ...