Western Japan Shaken by Two Strong Quakes; 18 Hurt, Kyodo Says
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Western Japan around Osaka was shaken by two strong earthquakes yesterday, causing 18 injuries and triggering tsunami warnings along the coast, Kyodo News reported.
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: Strong aftershocks rattled western Japan early Monday after two powerful earthquakes the evening before injured 38 people. The two offshore quakes Sunday -- the first with
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An earthquake shook central and western Japan at 8:29 am local time. The magnitude was 6.4, NHK Television said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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A series of powerful earthquakes has killed at least 18 people and injured more than 800 people in northern Japan. The first quake struck on Saturday in Niigata prefecture, 200km north of Tokyo, followed by strong aftershocks.
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At least four people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported. A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit western Japan shortly after 7pm (2000 AEST), followed five hours
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Two powerful earthquakes struck western Japan on Sunday, rattling several major cities and triggering tsunami waves. At least 14 people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported.
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Northwestern Japan was jolted by aftershocks after a series of earthquakes killed 23 and injured more than 2,100, forcing thousands more to seek shelter in the deadliest temblor since 1995.
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A moderate earthquake shook western Japan on Tuesday, two days after over 40 people were injured when two strong quakes hit the region.
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TOKYO : A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted western and central Japan, following two major tremors at the weekend, the meteorological agency said.
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A powerful typhoon in southern Japan caused landslides and floods, left tens of thousands without power, and injured at least 23 people. In the western part of the country, a strong aftershock stuck Tuesday, hours after two major quakes injured 43 people.
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A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday, killing at least two people, injuring more than 200 and flattening houses, Japanese media and officials said.
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Three strong earthquakes shook northwestern Japan within a span of minutes on Saturday, rocking buildings hundreds of kilometres away in Tokyo.
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At least 18 people are believed dead and more than 14 hundred injured from an unprecedented series of powerful earthquakes in northern Japan.
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A strong earthquake struck northwestern Japan on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes, buckling roads and bridges and causing a fire at a nuclear power plant. At least six people were killed and hundreds were injured.
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A series of powerful earthquakes, one measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, rocked northwestern Japan, mainly in the Niigata Prefecture, Saturday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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The two offshore quakes on Sunday- the first with a magnitude of 6.9 followed by a 7.3-magnitude temblor five hours later - were felt most strongly in sparsely populated areas in south-western Wakayama prefecture, about 450km west of Tokyo.
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TOKYO -- Two strong earthquakes, one magnitude 6.9 and the second magnitude 7.3, rattled western Japan within hours of each other last night, injuring 14 people, shaking buildings in Tokyo, and triggering tsunamis.