The Nankai Trough stretches from Shizuoka Prefecture to off the coast of Kyushu. Earthquake probability is calculated on the basis of the length of interval between past earthquakes and the number ...

However, the earthquake disrupted Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train services as well as some local lines, mainly in Oita Prefecture. A meteorological agency official told a news conference early Jan ...

The Nuclear Regulation Authority said all 12 nuclear reactors, including three that are currently operating, on Kyushu and Shikoku remained safe. Earthquake myths: California experts discuss ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a mega-earthquake advisory on Aug 8, following a magnitude 7.1 temblor that rocked the western Kyushu region on the same day. What does the advisory mean?

Three more earthquakes struck Japan's Kyushu island early this morning. The biggest yet, a 7.0, which struck around 2am, was at a depth of 10km. It was later followed by a 5.8 and 5.7. The ...

Panel of experts examine Kyushu earthquake in link with Nankai Trough (17:00 JST) The Japanese government's panel of experts are examining the strong earthquake in Miyazaki and Kagoshima ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ... Prefecture and upper 5 in parts of Tokyo to a barely perceptible 1 in Kyushu. There have been only five occasions when a level 7 was recorded ...

TOKYO, January 13. /TASS/. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan’s prefecture of Miyazaki in the south of the country’s third-largest island, Kyushu, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said.

on Kyushu and Shikoku, despite recent seismic activity. The concern over earthquakes in regions with nuclear power plants has been heightened since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 ...

The Nuclear Regulation Authority said all 12 nuclear reactors, including three that are currently operating, on Kyushu and Shikoku remained safe. Earthquakes in areas with nuclear power plants ...