The Nuclear Regulation Authority said all 12 nuclear reactors, including three that are currently operating, on Kyushu and Shikoku remained safe. Earthquake myths: California experts discuss ...

The first earthquake to register an intensity of lower 6 on the main western island of Shikoku injured eight people and disrupted traffic but caused no tsunami, authorities said. The offshore ...

Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata nuclear plant ... 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 ...

The petition was filed over safety concerns by some 1,500 residents living near the plant in Ehime Prefecture, which is ...

The earthquake probability map shows high-risk ... By region, the areas facing the Pacific Ocean from Shikoku to Kanto and the Pacific coast of Hokkaido are marked in dark red, indicating ...

Shikoku Electric said its evaluation is based on the government's projection of the largest possible earthquake and that a massive volcanic eruption is highly unlikely.

The last one was in 1946, when the Showa Nankai Earthquake caused extensive damage over a wide area of the Shikoku region and its vicinity. The government's Earthquake Research Committee predicts ...