Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

China's overuse of water energy is triggering earthquakes in Tibet. The massive dam digging is triggering earthquakes and ...

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Last August, the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA) issued its first mega quake advisory under rules ... Trough was higher than normal, after a 7.1-magnitude jolt that injured 15 people.

Dashcam footage of the earthquake in Japan on New Year’s Day 2024 has been ... A Facebook post, opens new tab sharing the video said: “Earthquake 7.1 magnitude shakes China, dozens injured ...

Earlier, on August 8, 2024, a magnitude 7.1 quake off Miyazaki Prefecture prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a Nankai Trough advisory, its first since 2017. The panel’s ...

A Japanese government committee on earthquake ... Yamashita said Monday's tremor took place at the edge of the area where a magnitude 7.1 quake struck in the Hyuganada Sea, off Miyazaki, in ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information ... meaning it did not meet the criteria to issue an advisory with the phrase Megathrust Earthquake Attention. A ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the “Ring of ... A Nankai Trough quake off Shikoku in 1946 killed more than 1,300 people. The area was hit by a 7.1 magnitude quake in ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday ... of a megaquake as powerful as magnitude 9 after a magnitude-7.1 quake hit the country's southwest. After Monday's quake, tsunami ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off south-western Japan ... of a “megaquake” was higher than normal after a magnitude 7.1 jolt that injured 15 people. That was a particular kind of tremor ...