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More than 2,000 earthquakes that can be felt by humans have recently struck around a southwestern Japanese island chain.
Authorities are warning of more earthquakes around the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. 1,900 ...
A 5.5‑magnitude Tokara Islands quake hits amid over 900 tremors in weeks. Japan revises its megaquake readiness after dire ...
Japan’s weather agency has logged at least four ‘felt quakes’ in the area with an intensity of 4 on the country’s Shindo ...
TOKYO -- A record 740 earthquakes have been recorded off the coast of the Tokara island chain in southwest Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture in the last 10 days, the weather agency announced July 1.
In total, 911 earthquakes were recorded by Wednesday afternoon, with the cause behind the series of earthquakes still unclear ...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4:13 p.m. Thursday, according to the ...
In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...
Japan pressed forward with the evacuation of residents living across the southwestern Tokara Island chain as a series of ...
More than 900 quakes in two weeks have rattled Japan’s Tokara Islands, sparking fears of stronger seismic activity among residents.
Over 60 residents from the islands of Akuseki and Kodakara in the Tokara chain have evacuated. They left in early July after ...
The U.S. Geological Survey registered a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday afternoon in the Tokara Islands, a string of 12 islands between Japan’s main island and Okinawa. The Japan Meteorological ...