In September, Indonesia launched the Disaster Prevention Information System (DPIS). When the country’s meteorological agency ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

The power of the magnitude 7.5 quake in Japan can be seen in just how much the ground moved. It rose up by more than 4m (13ft) in places and moved sideways by over a metre. Earthquake-prone Japan ...

A woman in her 80s has been pulled from the rubble of her collapsed house in Japan, 72 hours after the New Year's Day earthquake. Public broadcaster NHK showed video of the woman being lifted out ...

Throughout the town, people's traditional wooden homes lie splintered on the ground, collapsed; not made to withstand Japan's endless earthquakes. It has taken us two days to get this close to the ...

Japan is no stranger to severe earthquakes. It lies on the Ring of Fire, an area of intense seismic and volcanic activity on ...

The extent of the damage following a massive earthquake along the Sea of Japan coast on New Year’s Day is becoming clear. We are providing regular updates here. The earthquake has left at least ...

Thousands of families lost their homes when the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's remote Noto peninsula on New Year's Day. Children in the affected areas need food and shelter and basic support ...

He said he wanted to see how things are at home. Japan's health ministry has told local governments affected by the earthquake to make efforts to prevent food poisoning. They warn that even in the ...

TOKYO — A powerful earthquake struck western Japan on New Year’s Day, killing dozens of people, destroying homes and triggering fears of greater harm from aftershocks, tsunamis and landslides.

An curved arrow pointing right. Satellite images show the extent of the destruction after a series of powerful earthquakes hit Japan starting January 1. More from News Satellite images show the ...