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Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.
Since June 21, as many as 1,031 earthquakes rattled the Tokara island chain south of the Kyushu region in Japan.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck off the Tokara island chain in Japan's southwestern prefecture of ...
A magnitude-5.5 earthquake has struck Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan. The quake measured lower 6 on Japan's ...
A 5.5‑magnitude Tokara Islands quake hits amid over 900 tremors in weeks. Japan revises its megaquake readiness after dire ...
More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.
Japan took swift action on Thursday, allowing citizens to evacuate the southwest islands following a surge in seismic activity. Mayor Kubo Genichiro ...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4:13 p.m. Thursday, according to the ...
Authorities on Friday evacuated residents from the islands located close to the epicentre of a 5.5 magnitude earthquake.
Nearly 900 earthquakes have shaken Japan's Tokara Islands in recent weeks, stirring public anxiety as the swarm coincides ...
A remote island in Japan was jolted by more than 900 earthquakes in the span of one week, according to the weather agency, ...
An evacuation has begun as tremors intensify in and around Japan's southern islands of Toshima village, Kagoshima Prefecture.