The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on Richter Scale jolted Japan on Monday, National Center for Seismology reported. The ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that the earthquake had an intensity level of 5 on the Japanese scale.

Japan's Kyushu region was hit by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 and there were no reports of damage and injuries so far.

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck the Kyushu region in Japan on Monday. The earthquake’s depth was ...

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan, prompting tsunami advisories in Miyazaki and Kochi Prefectures. Residents were evacuated as a precaution, with minor injuries reported. The ...

Toppled buildings, smoking ruins and boats hanging from jetties are seen in aerial pictures taken near the epicentre of Monday's earthquake in Japan. Footage shows fire damage in the town of ...

Japan issued a tsunami warning along with urgent evacuation orders after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale shook the Ishikawa region on Monday. Inbound tourism in Japan has ...

Similarities between the March 16 earthquake and a temblor that rattled ... maximum intensities both reached upper 6 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7. Location-wise, both quakes occurred at ...

The earthquake in Gifu, Honsh, Japan: On October 28, 1891, the Mino-Owari earthquake occurred, estimated at a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale. 37% of the city was burned, resulting in 245 deaths ...