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EARTHQUAKES

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2021
'Constantly shaking': Tokara Island chain rattled by almost 200 earthquakes over four days
While unsure of the cause, officials and experts say the quakes are not necessarily a reason for alarm.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2021
Pair of quakes shake Japan and prompt fears of more seismic activity to come
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake jolted eastern Yamanashi at around 6:30 a.m., which was followed by a magnitude 5.4 temblor in Wakayama three hours later.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2021
Magnitude 4.9 earthquake jolts eastern Yamanashi
The earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on Japan's intensity scale, hit near the Fuji Five Lakes area of eastern Yamanashi Prefecture on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Nov 29, 2021
On shaky ground: Is Tokyo prepared for the ‘Big One’?
A powerful earthquake that shook the capital in October has fueled fresh fears of an impending temblor that could devastate the world's largest city.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Nov 22, 2021
Meet the man who welcomed Israeli doctors to a tsunami-hit town after 3/11
Isamu Sato, then the mayor of a city in Miyagi, used his connections to Israel to ensure Tohoku residents received the medical care they needed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 13, 2021
October quake gives Tokyo a wake-up call
Residents of the metropolis are urged to make sure they're fully prepared for when the dreaded “big one” strikes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2021
Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy
Mayor Kazuhiro Yoshida said in a ceremony marking the opening of the memorial that he hopes the school will be a 'place to remind people about being prepared for disaster.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2021
Tokyo area quake reignites concerns over capital's seismic vulnerability
The Meteorological Agency was quick to dispel speculation that the tremor — a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that shook Tokyo late Thursday night — could be a foreshock for a larger quake.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2021
Quake disrupts Tokyo traffic after commuters stranded overnight
The last time a quake measuring upper 5 or more was registered in Tokyo's 23 wards was on March 11, 2011, when a magnitude 9.0 quake devastated northeastern Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2021
Tokyo jolted by strongest earthquake since 2011 disaster
More than 20 injured as magnitude 5.9 quake disrupts train services and causes power outages at about 250 households in the capital's Shinjuku Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2021
Magnitude 5.9 quake hits northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
Following the earthquake, Tohoku Electric Power Co. said no abnormalities were found at its two nuclear power plants in Aomori and Miyagi prefectures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2021
Shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattles southeast Australia
The tremor was one of the country's biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in Melbourne, its second-largest city. and sending tremors throughout neighboring states.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2021
Magnitude 5.2 quake rocks central Japan; no tsunami warning issued
There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage from the quake as of 7 p.m.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Sep 13, 2021
Three years after Hokkaido quake, hard-hit communities facing depopulation
Their homes destroyed, older residents moved into town, but the outlook is bleak despite revitalization efforts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2021
M7.0 earthquake strikes off Mexico's Pacific coast, shakes resort city of Acapulco
Residents in Mexico City hurdled together in the rain holding young children and pets, too worried to return to their homes in the dark.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021
Haitians voice anger over slow pace of quake aid
Residents in the worst-affected city of Les Cayes, including those camped in a mushrooming tent city, complained of scant help on the ground.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2021
Japan weather agency issues more rain and disaster warnings as toll rises to eight
Also early Wednesday, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit the city of Shobara in Hiroshima Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 17, 2021
Storm brings floods as Haitians seek help at overloaded hospitals after quake
Doctors battled in makeshift tents to save the lives of hundreds of victims outside hospitals overwhelmed by an earthquake that killed at least 1,419 people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2021
Rescuers race to find Haiti quake survivors as death toll hits 1,297
The 7.2 magnitude quake on Saturday destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in a Caribbean nation which is still clawing its way back from another major temblor 11 years ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 30, 2021
No damage or injures reported after magnitude 8.2 earthquake jolts Alaska
The earthquake triggered a tsunami warning and evacuations in several Alaska coastal communities. Those warnings were later lifted.

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