TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit a remote island in southwestern Japan on Thursday (Jul 3), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The earthquake's epicentre was off the ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Wednesday. It's the latest in a series of ...

Japan's meteorological agency on Thursday put the rumours of an earthquake to rest by saying that it was all unscientific and a "hoax".Japan Meteorological Agency's Earthquake and Tsunami Observations ...

In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, and moved the Earth's axis, shortening our days ...