Small tsunami waves hit Japan's Izu and Ogasawara island chains early Tuesday after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck offshore, possibly linked to volcanic activity. The Japan Meteorological ...

Japan is on a tsunami alert following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit the southern island of Kyushu, earlier this week. The government has warned citizens of bigger or equal-magnitude ...

But Japan, which has a politically powerful construction ... many of the countries in the region began to repair their coasts. The 2004 tsunami hit at a time when authoritarianism was ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there ... later said those problems were resolved. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake hit at 11:36 p.m. at a depth of 60 kilometers (36 miles ...

Two of them fell down when the quake struck and another was hit by a falling ... massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Japan sits on the Pacific ...

This includes 215,000 deaths caused by tsunami waves exceeding 30m (98ft ... advisory after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit southwestern Japan. As the risk of a megaquake in the near future ...

TOKYO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 struck Japan's Nagano Prefecture on Friday night, with no tsunami threat, according to the country's weather agency.

On March 31, Japan’s government issued a warning that ... Here’s how to be prepared for a tsunami. When a tsunami hits, water supplies are impacted; so, be sure to collect enough water to ...

A View of debris and mud covered at Tsunami hit Destroyed fishing village in Kojirahama on March 25, 2011, Japan. On 11 March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 9.0, the biggest in ...

It was only when they reached Tanjung Bungah and Batu Ferringhi that they realised a tsunami had hit Penang. Ng said there were four personnel including him in the ambulance that day.

places like Santa Cruz have also been hit especially hard. Your county may also have its own map to assess the tsunami risk where you live or work, including: While a tsunami in California could be ...