A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan early Sunday, with its epicentre located 88 km from Nemuro at ...

Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in ...

Panic is spreading across Japan as more than 1,000 earthquakes have rattled the country in just two weeks, fueling viral claims that the infamous July 5 “megaquake” prophecy from a popular manga ...

URAKAWA, Japan -- Dozens of aftershocks rocked Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Saturday, keeping residents busy picking up fallen books and sweeping up glass a day after a major earthquake.

Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, has been suffering from extraordinary heat.

Kansai Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it plans to begin a geological survey to replace a nuclear reactor on the premises of ...

On Monday, January 13, 2025, Japan experienced a huge earthquake, which eventually led to a temporary tsunami warning. The country is no stranger to earthquakes, but a tsunami is known to cause ...

A Magnitude 6 earthquake struck off coast of Hokkaido, Japan on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Japan’s “major earthquake” warning has put much of the country on high alert, even as some experts cast doubt on whether such an advisory is necessary or accurate.

In Japan, swarms of ... It registered 9.0 on the Richter scale, which measures the magnitude of the earthquake. Shindo, Japan’s seismic intensity scale, measures intensity at a specific location.

Japan’s “major earthquake” warning has put much of the country on high alert, even as some experts cast doubt on whether such an advisory is necessary or accurate.