A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit the eastern coast of Honshu, Japan, on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, reported Reuters. The earthquake ...

According to Japan's Earthquake Research Committee ... along the south of Japan's biggest island of Honshu. It’s a subduction zone located where the Philippine Sea Plate is being subducted ...

On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural ...

TOKYO -- Authorities were looking into possible casualties and damage after a strong earthquake ... of Honshu, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake information center. The Japan ...

More than 18,000 people died on March 11, 2011 when Japan's north-eastern coast was hit by a massive earthquake, tsunami and ...

The powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day killed at ... in nine prefectures on the western coast of main island Honshu to evacuate. They were spending the night in sports ...

The Earthquake Research Committee ... areas on the main islands of Honshu and Shikoku could be hit by huge waves within a few minutes. Last August the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA ...

The Peninsula was hit by a powerful earthquake last year and the ... are bringing snow mainly to the Sea of Japan side of the main island of Honshu. They say the amount of snow that fell in ...

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s ...