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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early on Sunday (August 23, 2026), injuring at least five people, officials said. There was no danger of a tsunami. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake occurred in…
Japanese emergency workers battled Thursday (July 30, 2026) to rescue any remaining survivors from a devastated shopping mall, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 28 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat. The government issued the new tally as Kumamoto officials said they have now extracted four bodies from the mass of rubble,…
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‘Considerable’ number of people reported dead in Kumamoto mall after earthquake A “considerable number” of people have died in a shopping mall damaged by a major earthquake today in southwestern Japan, broadcaster TBS said. Police said that they could not confirm whether there were any fatalities at the mall in the town of Kashima. Emergency…
A screengrab showing the epicentre of the earthquake on July 28, 2026. Photo: earthquake.usgs.gov An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday (July 28, 2026) afternoon and a tsunami advisory was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The quake occurred at the…
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Police officers and rescue workers conduct search and rescue operations at a residence engulfed by a landslide due to heavy rain in Hirao, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on June 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan on early Sunday (June 28, 2026), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in…
No tsunami warning was issued after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck the east coast of Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Thursday (June 25, 2026). The epicentre of the quake was off the coast of Iwate prefecture, at the depth of about 50 km, and no damage from tsunami is…
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, on Friday (May 15, 2026), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake hit at 8:22 p.m. (1122 GMT) in Pacific waters off northern Miyagi prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, but there were no immediate reports of any damage….
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People take shelter outside building following an earthquake. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP A preliminary magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northern Japan early on Monday (April 27, 2026), the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of fatalities or damage, The quake struck 18 kilometres (11 miles) west…
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A television screen shows a news report on Japan Meteorological Agency’s tsunami warning, saying it expected tsunami waves of up to 3 meters (9.84 feet) to reach large coastal areas in northern Japan after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck off the north-eastern coast of Japan, in Tokyo, on April 20, 2026….
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A spokesperson gives a press conference at the the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, after a strong earthquake hit western Japan. | Photo Credit: AP A strong earthquake hit western Japan on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) but there was no danger of a tsunami, officials said. The quake, with a preliminary…
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