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JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: POWERFUL NEW TREMOR IN KUMAMOTO
Japan is regularly hit by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause significant damage... READ MORE›
7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS ECUADOR - VIDEO
At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes... READ MORE›
RESCUE UNDER WAY AFTER MASSIVE TREMOR
Rescue efforts are under way in south-western Japan after a second powerful earthquake in two days hits the region, reportedly killing at least 15 people... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: SEARCH FOR KYUSHU SURVIVORS INTENSIFIES
The search for survivors of two powerful earthquakes that struck the south-western Japanese island of Kyushu has intensified... READ MORE›
MORE POWERFUL MAGNITUDE-7.3 QUAKE ROCKS KUMAMOTO, KILLS DOZENS
Another strong earthquake rocked Kumamoto Prefecture early Saturday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more, bringing the combined death toll since Thursday to at least 41... READ MORE›
JAPAN HIT BY SECOND POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE
He called off a visit to Kumamoto on Saturday after the new earthquakes struck... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
QA DO QUAKES SIGNAL AN EPIDEMIC SCIENTISTS SAY NO
Earthquakes of magnitudes exceeding 7.0 struck Japan and Ecuador just hours apart on Saturday... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO QUAKE INFO: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO HELP
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injury and wide... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 40 ARE CONFIRMED DEAD IN JAPAN EARTHQUAKES
Aftershocks shook the area throughout Saturday, more than 100 of them strong enough to damage buildings, the Meteorological Agency reported... READ MORE›
BATTLESHIP ISLAND A SYMBOL OF JAPAN'S PROGRESS OR REMINDER OF ITS DARK HISTORY?
Japan seeks Unesco recognition for Hashima island, known as Battleship island, but the bid makes no mention of its history as a site of slave labour... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ISLAND IN JAPAN KILLING AT LEAST 9
The earthquake knocked an out-of-service Shinkansen bullet train off its rails, JR Kyushu Railway reported... READ MORE›
DESPITE ASSURANCES, QUAKES PROMPT CALLS TO SWITCH OFF JAPAN'S NUCLEAR REACTORS
Calls in and outside of Japan are growing to shut down the nations' only two operating reactors at the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture... READ MORE›
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKES
Here are some questions and answers on seismic activity in Japan What type of earthquakes struck Kumamoto?... READ MORE›
MYSTERIOUS FOAM COVERS STREETS IN JAPAN AFTER EARTHQUAKEA
The south-western island of Kyushu was hit by back-to-back earthquakes, killing at least 41 people and leaving hundreds injured... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES KILL AT LEAST 32, RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE TRAPPED
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that 1,500 people had been injured in the quakes... READ MORE›
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR JAPAN EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS
Both Japan and Ecuador are on the seismically active ring of fire around the Pacific Ocean... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES DISRUPT SONY PRODUCTION OF IMAGE SENSORS USED IN APPLE IPHONES
Japan quakes disrupt Sony production of image sensors used in Apple iPhones... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN, KNOCKING OVER HOUSES, POSSIBLY TRAPPING RESIDENTS
Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital said it has admitted or treated 45 people, including five with serious injuries... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKES: THOUSANDS OF TROOPS POUR IN TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS
Minor eruptions took place at Sakurajima in Kagoshima prefecture and Asosan in Kumamoto prefecture over the weekend... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AFTER SECOND JAPAN QUAKE
More than 40 people are known to have died in the two powerful earthquakes that struck the south-west Japanese island of Kyushu... READ MORE›
ANCIENT 'CHERRY BLOSSOM GATE' DESTROYED IN JAPAN QUAKE
Mount Aso, an active volcano near the shrine, had a small eruption after the violent earthquake of magnitude 7.3... READ MORE›
SONY EXTENDING CLOSURE OF IMAGE SENSOR PLANT IN QUAKE-HIT SOUTHERN JAPAN
Operations at its image sensor plants in Nagasaki and Oita, also on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, fully resumed, the company said... READ MORE›
DOZENS IN JAPAN KILLED BY QUAKES AS RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE SURVIVORS
Police in Kumamoto prefecture said that at least 32 people had died from Saturday morning's earthquake... READ MORE›
STRONG QUAKE KILLS 9 INJURES MORE THAN 760 IN JAPAN
At a depth of 11 kilometers 7 miles near Kumamoto city on the island of Kyushu, the Japan Meteorological Agency said... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS MORE THAN 120 AFTERSHOCKS ROCK KUMAMOTO
A man walks near a damaged road caused by an earthquake in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo Friday... READ MORE›
11 MISSING IN JAPAN QUAKES, U.S. TO JOIN RELIEF EFFORT
Local residents look at cracks caused by an earthquake on a road in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKES, IN ADDITION TO DEVASTATION, HIT COUNTRY'S ECONOMY
All commercial flights to the damaged Kumamoto airport were cancelled and Japan's bullet train to the region suspended... READ MORE›
NEW JAPAN EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE-7.3 PROMPTS TSUNAMI ADVISORY NEAR KUMAMOTO
At least 10 people were trapped under debris Saturday local time in Japan after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake, NHK reported... READ MORE›