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 ...

The biggest earthquake in the Noto peninsula over the last century was the Noto-Hanto earthquake that occurred on March 25, 2007 with a magnitude of 6.9. In Japan, thousands of people have died ...

Japan was rocked by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake off its western coast.

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 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 ...

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 ...