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 ...

It’s not just Tokyo that faces the risk of being struck by a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7 or higher within 30 years. The same goes for the nation’s southern islands of Kyushu and ...

which separates Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku and Oita Prefecture on Kyushu. It is in an area where seismologists have long anticipated a megaquake known as the Nankai Trough earthquake to occur.

Toppled buildings and destroyed roads could be seen throughout the Kyushu island of Japan on Saturday local time as people began to assess the damage of an overnight 7.3-magnitude earthquake.

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 ...

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The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force already has land-based anti-ship missile units on Kyushu, and potential deployment sites ... in the Taiwan Strait,” the report said. A magnitude 5.7 earthquake ...

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 ...