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Kyodo/APPTokyo:A strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.2 struck Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido early Monday, prompting brief transport disruptions but causing no major damage or casualties, authorities said.The quake hit at…

AFP/APPToyko: A powerful earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan on Friday, days after a stronger quake injured at least 50 people in the same region, the JapanMeteorological Agency (JMA) said.The JMA upgraded Friday’s…

News Desk Tokyo: At least 34 people were injured when a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, according to a Kyodo News tally, with transport and water supplies disrupted, and schools suspended…

AFP/APPTokyo: A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Far East on Wednesday, triggering tsunami waves that reached parts of Russia and Japan and prompting Pacific-wide tsunami warnings.Russia’s emergencies ministry…

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: The death toll has risen to 65 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3 pm local time on Wednesday after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and…

Xinhua/APPHong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted the South Indian Ocean on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences reported.The quake's epicenter, located at a depth of 10.0 km, was initially…