The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency stated that the earthquake occurred at approximately ... reaching an upper 5 on the Japanese intensity scale. The quake also affected Noto town with lower 5 ...

Japan observed a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that left more than 22,000 people dead or missing, with over 27,000 people still ...

The JMA has so far been issuing earthquake early warnings--in the event of a seismic event expected to measure a maximum of “lower 5” or more on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7--to ...

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale struck the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan on Monday, The Associated Press reported, citing the country's meteorological agency. The Japan ...

In the city, the quake registered an intensity of upper 6 on the Japanese seismic scale. Most of the roads leading to the city have reportedly been left impassable after the earthquake.

On the morning of September 1, 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude believed to be around 7.9 rattled the Kanto region. The ...

To help fill this gap, a research team has investigated the connection between the degree of housing damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake ... experienced large-scale housing damage ...