August 2026 eastern Japan earthquake
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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes eastern Japan, injuring 37
Transport services experienced disruptions following the earthquake.
At least 37 people were injured in the earthquake.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Japan early Sunday, shaking Tokyo and surrounding areas.
M5.9 earthquake strikes eastern Japan including Tokyo
The weather agency urged the public to remain alert for an earthquake registering lower 5 on the seismic intensity scale over the next week.
The earthquake left over 40 people injured in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit eastern Japan early Sunday.
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake injures at least 5 in northeast Japan
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the earthquake's magnitude as 5.8.
Prefectural officials and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported at least 37 people were injured across five prefectures.
East Japan Railway Co. stated the earthquake caused delays to express trains but Shinkansen bullet trains were running normally.
Japan earthquake aftermath: survivors sleep in cars, death toll rises to 34
The death toll from the earthquake in southwestern Japan rose to 34.
Japan’s weather agency and the Ministry of the Environment issued an extreme heat alert for Kumamoto city Friday as temperatures peaked at 36 C (97 F).
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company said all personnel were safe and operations were gradually resuming after postquake inspections found the structure was sound.
Earthquake strikes Japan; shoppers shelter inside Aeon mall
All 25 cats left behind in a cat cafe during the evacuation were rescued on Wednesday.
More than 100 aftershocks had occurred in Kumamoto by the end of Tuesday.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan on Tuesday.
Japan 7.1 earthquake kills at least 18; over 100 aftershocks recorded
A Vietnamese technical intern was killed after a crane fell on him at a factory where he worked.
Aeon Mall president Akio Yoshida confirmed that four deaths occurred at the mall site.
A chimney collapse at a Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro killed five people.
“There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it’s a race against time,”