The advisory called for people to immediately leave the water in Miyazaki, Oita, Kagoshima, Kokchi and Ehime prefectures. The Nuclear Regulation Authority tried to ease fears about the earthquake ...

A powerful earthquake with a maximum intensity of just ... The JMA has issued tsunami advisories for the Uwakai coast of Ehime Prefecture, Kochi Prefecture and the Bungo Channel coast of Oita ...

The earthquake occurred less than 20 miles off ... NHK reported these warnings were also extended to the Kagoshima and Ehime prefectures, with the Miyazaki prefecture potentially being impacted ...

The Ehime Prefecture Ikata nuclear power plant and the Kagoshima Prefecture Sendai nuclear power plant did not report any unusual activities during the warning, its operators said. The earthquake ...

For U.S. seismologists, Japan’s “megaquake” warning last week renewed discussion about when and how to warn people on the West Coast if they find elevated risk of a major earthquake.

About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are ...