Last February, Turkey’s 7.8-magnitude temblor killed more than 59,000 people. The 7.6-magnitude quake that struck western Japan on Monday killed only 55. Why did one nation experience only 0.1% of the deaths of the other?
Miracle at Haneda: how cabin crew pulled off great escape from Japan plane fire
Pilot who halted blazing plane safely, crew who stuck to the drill and passengers who left their luggage behind meant all 379 on board survived
Earthquake news: Afghanistan shudders twice within 30 minutes
Two earthquakes have hit Fayzabad, Afghanistan, with magnitudes of 4.4 and 4.8, respectively. Meanwhile, Western Japan was struck by a sequence of formidable earthquakes, resulting in a tragic toll of …
Deadly earthquake, aircraft collision amid recovery efforts mark fraught start to New Year in Japan
With 2024 just two days old, Japan has already been rocked by dual disasters — an earthquake on its western coast and a plane crash at a major Tokyo airport.
What we know about the Japan Airlines plane crash
Everyone on Japan Airlines Flight 516 survived the crash, while five Coast Guard members in the other plane died. The cause is under investigation.
What a century of earthquakes has taught Japan
But memories in Japan are still fresh. And on Monday, all of them will have been brought back in to focus as the shaking began in Ishikawa and the tsunami alarms began sounding. The warnings are not exactly unusual in Japan.
Japan lowers tsunami warning after earthquakes rock region, but government warns of lingering waves
Japan is downgrading its tsunami warning after several earthquakes, including one a magnitude of 7.6, rocked the west coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu.
Japan quake toll nears 50 with many feared trapped in freezing cold
By Kiyoshi Takenaka, Sakura Murakami and Kantaro Komiya WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) -A powerful earthquake that hit Japan on New Year’s Day killed at least 48 people, with rescue teams struggling in freezing temperatures on Tuesday to reach isolated areas where many people are feared trapped under toppled buildings.
Powerful earthquakes leave at least 57 dead, destroy buildings along Japan’s western coast
A series of powerful earthquakes has hit western Japan, leaving at least 57 people dead and damaging thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats
Dozens killed in 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Japan
Scenes of devastation emerged Tuesday, one day after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook western Japan, killing dozens of people. CBS New York’s Vanessa Murdock shows us how violently the earth shook. Re