Japan’s Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami warning late Monday following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of southwest Japan. The earthquake, which occurred shortly after ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday, with no tsunami ...

The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.0, occurred at around 8:19 p.m. at a depth of about 10 kilometers.

The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 5.0 quake occurred in Nagano Prefecture, and measured an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7 in the hardest-hit areas. The agency ...

A strong earthquake originating in the southern ... Saitama Prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging residents in these areas to be cautious of landslides and cliff collapses for ...

while buildings that have low resistance to earthquakes will collapse, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The release of the Japanese megaquake report comes after a magnitude-7.7 ...

Modelling has predicted a “megaquake” could kill almost 300,000 people and wipe $2.8 trillion from Japan’s economy, according to a doomsday announcement from its government.

The Japanese government estimates that there is a 70-80 percent chance of a megaquake occurring within 30 years.

Japan, a country well-acquainted with seismic activity, experiences roughly 1,500 earthquakes annually due to its location on ...

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday, April 18, 2025, at approximately 8:19 p.m. The tremor, which occurred at a depth of about 13 kilometers, caused minor ...

PM local time, with its epicenter located in the northern part of Nagano Prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that the tremor originated at a depth of 13 kilometers and had a magnitude ...

Tremors of the first earthquake were felt in the district headquarters and Bhatwadi tehsil, with its epicentre near Tiloth (Representative file photo) The Japan Meteorological Agency said that the ...