The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...

The agency said that on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7, the tremor had an intensity of lower 5. The earthquake occurred at around 9.19pm local time, ABC News reports. Japanese officials said the ...

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale struck the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan on Monday, The Associated Press reported, citing the country's meteorological agency. The Japan ...

The JMA has so far been issuing earthquake early warnings--in the event of a seismic event expected to measure a maximum of “lower 5” or more on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7--to ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

April 17 (UPI) --A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan at 11:14 p.m ... The 6.6 measurement was on the Japanese scale of zero to 7. The strongest measured impacts were in Ainan Town, Sukumo ...

TOKYO and LONDON -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said.

Hayashi also warned of a chance of other earthquakes with lower six on the Japanese seismic scale. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. Japan accounts ...

In the city, the quake registered an intensity of upper 6 on the Japanese seismic scale. Most of the roads leading to the city have reportedly been left impassable after the earthquake.

With a seismic intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese earthquake scale of zero to seven, the house and store belonging to Komine's parents were damaged. The following month, Komine left Fukushima to ...