A strong, 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Solomon Sea on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. A ...

In Ishikawa Prefecture, near the epicenter, the quake took 101 lives in Wajima City ... fully restored one month after the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, and over 80 percent was restored a month ...

NHK staff flew over central Wajima City in a helicopter ... Nishimura called for caution. "Earthquakes are increasingly likely not only around the epicenter of this quake, but also in areas ...

Preliminary reports from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System said tsunami waves were possible for coastlines within about 190 miles of the earthquake’s epicenter, including those on Tonga. The system ...

“The earthquake has revealed the problems” that Wajima-nuri was already facing, says Ofuji, as many of the region’s shrinking group of artisans were already facing economic uncertainty prior ...

WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture—Gifts from Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani were a big hit with children affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake here, bringing delighted smiles to their ...

Sagaing bore the brunt of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake and, five days on, people are digging out bodies from the rubble themselves in a city where Sky News found mass graves and the stench of death.

On January 1, 2024, the Noto Peninsula in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture was hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake. More than 400 died and thousands of buildings were destroyed, including the studios and ...