The largest had a magnitude of 7.6. This created a risk of landslides and houses collapsing, but also one of Japan's biggest ... my phone ringing about the earthquake warning, it says Ishikawa ...

Japan introduced new regulations to protect buildings from earthquakes in 1981 ... But it has still recorded the largest death toll, with 48 confirmed deaths - more than half of the total number ...

But it has still recorded the largest death toll ... for bodies near Japan quake epicentre What a century of earthquakes has taught Japan How Japan’s powerful earthquakes have shifted the ...

The earthquake in northeastern Japan was felt even in Kyushu in the ... which causes high-rise buildings to sway slowly, marked the largest Level 4 in northern Miyagi Prefecture.

The power of the magnitude 7.5 quake in Japan can be seen in just how much the ground moved. It rose up by more than 4m (13ft) in places and moved sideways by over a metre. Earthquake-prone Japan ...

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's remote Noto peninsula on New Year's Day, toppling buildings and sparking a major fire. A major tsunami warming was issued for the Noto peninsula as a result ...

Several academic institutions are teaming up in an effort organized by the U.S. Geological Survey to help turn satellite imagery into actionable data in Japan. The March 2011 earthquake near Japan ...

A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the largest earthquakes on ...