Nagano Prefecture is located in the central part of Honshu Island, an area known for its geological instability. The region experiences frequent seismic activity due to its position near the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Japan's next 'big one' earthquake could kill almost 300,000 people, do £1.4trillion worth of damage to the country ...

According to Japan's Earthquake Research Committee ... along the south of Japan's biggest island of Honshu. It’s a subduction ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday, with no tsunami ...

The 9.0 earthquake that struck the northeast coast of Honshu this past March is not likely to have such an impact on Japan’s history. Nevertheless, there are parallels. Like the 1923 quake ...

Japan's earthquake scientists have issued a warning ... 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan's main island. The recent warning pertains to a major ...

The powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day killed at ... in nine prefectures on the western coast of main island Honshu to evacuate. They were spending the night in sports ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that jolted central Myanmar on Friday was caused by horizontal slips of land, called "strike-slip" faults. The agency says it is the ...