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I HAVE TO CONFESS, I DIDN'T THINK KUMAMOTO WOULD EVER SUFFER AN EARTHQUAKE, KABASHIMA SAID.

It triggered landslides, wiped out roads and bridges, destroyed or badly damaged 160,000 homes and buildings, causing an estimated 45 billion in damage...

FUKUSHIMA TO USE RARE POKEMON TO LURE TOURISTS BACK

A handout image made available 16 March 2011 by Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant operator TEPCO...

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JAPAN IS REGULARLY HIT BY EARTHQUAKES BUT STRINGENT BUILDING CODES MEAN THAT THEY RARELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

At least three people died and hundreds were injured...

ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL RISES AFTER 7.8-MAGNITUDE QUAKE

Ecuador earthquake death toll rises after 7.8-magnitude quake - latest developments...

JAPAN EARTHQUAKE 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...

AT LEAST 41 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THURSDAY AND SATURDAY'S QUAKES AND IT IS FEARED THAT DOZENS OF PEOPLE COULD STILL BE TRAPPED UNDER RUBBLE.

The search for survivors of two powerful earthquakes that struck the south-western Japanese island of Kyushu has intensified...

BUT BY 0256 GMT THE CENTRE SAID THE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW MOSTLY PASSED .

A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake also hit the Pacific island of Tonga, south-east of the capital, Nuku'alofa, in the early evening...

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.

And registered upper 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale of 7 in Kumamoto Prefecture...

KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH IN JAPAN - IN PICTURES

He called off a visit to Kumamoto on Saturday after the new earthquakes struck...

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER SAID HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES WERE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS.

The magnitude-7.8 quake was centered on Ecuador's sparsely populated fishing ports and tourist beaches, 170 kilometers (105 miles) northwest of Quito, the capital...

EARTHQUAKE KILLS 77 IN ECUADOR, EMERGENCY WORKERS RUSH IN

A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck Thursday near Kumamoto, followed by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake just 28 hours later...

IT WAS JUST LIKE THE GREAT HANSHIN EARTHQUAKE OR THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE.

Remarkably, the heaviest damage was confined to Mashiki, with areas around Kumamoto experiencing strong jolts between 3 and lower 5 on the Japanese scale...

APRIL 15 AP RESCUE WORKERS TAKE CARE OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN AFTER A 7.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK AROUND MASHIKI, KUMAMOTO, JAPAN.

Rescue workers take care of an elderly woman after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck around Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan...

RESCUE WORKERS TAKE CARE OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN AFTER A 7.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK AROUND MASHIKI, KUMAMOTO, JAPAN.

The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people...

2ND JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE LEAVES AT LEAST 6 DEAD, 400 INJURED

At least 6 dead, 400 injured in latest earthquake in Japan...

ECUADOR'S MOST DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN 40 YEARS HAS KILLED AT LEAST 246 PEOPLE, WITH BRIDGES BUCKLING AND BUILDINGS COLLAPSING IN PACIFIC COASTAL CITIES AND FISHING VILLAGES.

Both earthquakes killed a total of 41 people and triggered significant landslides...

A POWERFUL, 7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS SHAKEN ECUADOR'S NORTHWEST PACIFIC COAST, KILLING AT LEAST 77 PEOPLE AND SPREADING PANIC.

TechKnow explores early earthquake detection systems and a new, 'safer' gun with user-recognition technology...

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...

SATURDAY'S QUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 1 30 A.M., TOPPLED HOUSES AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, BUCKLED ROADS AND CAUSED NUMEROUS LANDSLIDES.

More Than 40 Are Confirmed Dead in Japan Earthquakes...

HERE IS A SELECTION OF PHOTOS DOCUMENTING THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, THE RESCUE EFFORTS AND THE DIFFICULT SITUATION FACING THOUSANDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.

The magnitude-7.0 temblor and continuous series of aftershocks triggered a number of landslides as well as the collapse and cracking of major roadways in the mountainous region of Minamiaso...

A JAPANESE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM WILL BREAK TABOO WITH AN EXHIBITION ON THE INFAMOUS LIVE VIVISECTIONS OF AMERICAN POWS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

In 1948, testimony against 30 doctors and university staff claimed in an Allied War Crimes tribunal in Yokohama that the men were subject to a range of 'treatments'...

ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 246 AFTER 7.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE

Ecuador earthquake Death toll rises to 246 after 7.8 magnitude quake - with over 2,500 injured...

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...

CALLS IN AND OUTSIDE OF JAPAN ARE GROWING TO SHUT DOWN THE NATIONS' ONLY TWO OPERATING REACTORS AT THE SENDAI PLANT IN KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE.

Despite assurances, quakes prompt calls to switch off Japan's nuclear reactors...

HIDE CAPTION 10 OF 28 28 PHOTOS EARTHQUAKES STRIKE JAPAN AN EARTHQUAKE CAUSED A LANDSLIDE IN MINAMIASO IN KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE.

Hide Caption 23 of 28 28 photos Earthquakes strike Japan An aerial view shows damage at Kumamoto Castle on April 15...

IN A FIRST, THREE MAJOR MOBILE PHONE PROVIDERS

In a first, three major mobile phone providers -- NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp...

HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN JAPAN WHAT TYPE OF EARTHQUAKES STRUCK KUMAMOTO?

The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake is actually a series of quakes that are being caused by two plates slipping against each other along an active inland fault...

BUT NO MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HAD STRUCK IN ANYONE'S LIFETIME.

That was before two earthquakes struck within just over a day last week...

JAPAN QUAKES KILL AT LEAST 32, RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE TRAPPED

On Thursday night, Kyushu was hit by a magnitude-6.5 quake that left 10 dead...

SOMALIA DROUGHT LEAVES 1.7 MILLION NEEDING EMERGENCY AID, WHILE 30,000 DISPLACED SYRIANS FLEE ISIL ATTACKS.

Source Agencies Al Jazeera's senior meteorologist gives insights on why earthquakes and tsunamis hit island nation...

JAPAN'S KUMAMOTO ROCKED BY MAGNITUDE 7.3 EARTHQUAKE 24 HOURS AFTER FIRST SHOCK

A magnitude 9 quake in March 2011 north of Tokyo touched off a massive tsunami and nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima...

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