Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

Since many of the damaged houses are traditional, picturesque buildings, concerns are rising that their demolition could ...

Under the new plan, for example, the prefectural governments of Toyama, Fukushima and Shimane will send officials to Shizuoka ...

The quake struck at 6:31 a.m. on June 3 with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 and a focus about 14 kilometers deep, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The earthquake is believed to be connected ...

Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)--Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday reported 10 pct falls in the populations of Wajima and Suzu over the year from the Noto Peninsula earthquake that struck the central Japan ...

Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government believe that the odds of a big one are creeping upwards. According to ...

No tsunami warning has been issued. The 2:49 a.m. quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in one spot in Hinoemata and 4 in another part of the same village ...

The first five quakes hit between January 24 ... these repeated quakes as an "earthquake swarm". Swarms are commonly observed in volcanic regions like Japan, Iceland, and central Italy, often ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Large earthquakes commonly occur in the area, including 10 earthquakes measuring a 6 magnitude or larger over the past 100 years, the USGS says. Advertisement At least 28 hurt after car hits ...

Japan and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have held rescue drills in Thailand in preparation for flooding and other major disasters.