This map shows the locations of Japan's 17 major nuclear power plants in relation to this most recent earthquake. Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2025 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event, but triggered by a mineralogical shift in Earth’s mantle.

The dataset in this repo includes more than 2.9 million earthquakes basic information (e.g. Date and time, Location, Depth, Size of Magnitude). These event catalog are compiled by Japan Meteorological ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake, measuring a lower 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, struck southwestern Japan at 9:19 p.m. on Sunday evening, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake's ...

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. Experts at the meteorological agency met late Monday ...

Vector illustration. Earthquake app alert on the phone with safety guide. Pulsation epicenter location mark and world map. Vector illustration. japan earthquake stock illustrations Earthquake app ...

Jan. 13 (UPI) --A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Miyazaki Prefecture Monday evening in Japan, initially setting off a tsunami warning before it was called off, officials said.

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. NHK TV footage showed moving traffic and well ...

giving people some time to get to a safer location. They're also crucial for rail travel. Japan Railways trains automatically halt when the earthquake detection system kicks in. Related stories In ...