Last week, Japan sent out its first-ever megaquake warning following an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude on the Richter scale that occurred on the southern island of Kyushu. It wasn't the main concern ...

Japan has issued an urgent tsunami warning after being rocked by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake ... been pencilled in as reaching 6.9 on the Richter scale - but Japan's meteorological agency updated ...

The March 2011 earthquake near Japan – which reached 9 on the Richter scale – was not anticipated for that region of the ocean, geophysicists say. With nothing more than a little snippet of ...

The US’ and Japan’s envoys to Taiwan yesterday highlighted the mutual assistance among the three sides in times of difficulty ...

I had visited Japan when I was 17 ... Around 1 p.m., the earthquake finally struck—5.5 on the Richter scale. Just as the shaking began to scare me, it abruptly stopped. The next day, my plane ...

Gran Canaria were shaken by the earthquake on Tuesday which measured 3.8 on the Richter scale - the Canary Island's strongest ...

The Fukushima nuclear disaster, which began on March 11, 2011, is regarded as the worst nuclear incident since the Chernobyl disaster as it displaced more than 160,000 people ...

And then there’s all that lies in wait, like the “Really Big One,” a projected earthquake reaching up to a 9.2 on the Richter scale and subsequent ... that southern Japan braced for earlier ...

We measure the force of an earthquake using the Richter Scale. It is often secondary hazards ... In countries such as Japan that experience a lot of earthquakes, school children have regular ...

FADEL: Richard Flanagan is a Booker Prize-winning author out with his latest book, a memoir called "Question 7." Thank you so ...

The earthquake is estimated to have measured 8.3 on the Richter scale, which had not yet been ... Relief poured in from many states and foreign countries. Japan gave nearly $250,000 — more ...

The Richter magnitude scale is used to measure ... People who live there, in countries such as Japan, are used to earthquakes happening. They build earthquake-resistant buildings that sway with ...