An earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024 in Japan's north-central region of Noto left more than 240 people dead. Japan has strict construction regulations intended to ensure buildings can withstand strong ...

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. TOKYO and LONDON -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake, measuring a lower 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, struck southwestern Japan at 9:19 p.m. on Monday evening, according to the Meteorological Agency. The quake ...

The earthquake measuring 7 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded by the National Earthquake Measurement Centre at 6:50 am. KATHMANDU: A strong earthquake jolted Kathmandu early morning on ...

Tokyo, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan Monday night, causing a tsunami of 20 centimeters to hit Miyazaki Prefecture. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude ...

BEIJING — A strong earthquake killed at least 53 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the region of western China and across the border in Nepal.

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said. The U.S. Geological ...

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near Nepal on Tuesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties BEIJING -- A strong earthquake shook a ...

Rescuers searched for survivors Tuesday after a strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and ...