Nearly 2,200 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have recently struck around a southwestern Japanese island chain.

School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly ...

TOKYO -- A record 740 earthquakes have been recorded off the coast of the Tokara island chain in southwest Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture in the last 10 days, the weather agency announced July 1.

We just want it to stop’ - Residents asked to be prepared to take shelter and evacuate in case of stronger earthquakes ...

There have been no reports of damage however authorities have advised residents to prepare to move to safety if needed.

Following a series of ominous rumblings, the volcanic island of Miyakejima in the Izu island chain spat a huge plume of smoke ...

Authorities are warning of more earthquakes around the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. 1,900 ...

Following a series of earthquakes off the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, a ferry carrying five evacuees left ...

Japan pressed forward with the evacuation of residents living across the southwestern Tokara Island chain as a series of ...

Japanese authorities urged the 89 residents of a small southern island to evacuate after a strong earthquake on Thursday, the latest of more than 1,00.

A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 rattled islands in south-western Japan on July 5, the latest in a series of tremblers that have prompted some residents to evacuate.

A remote island chain in southern Japan has been rattled by more than 470 earthquakes since Saturday, the national weather agency said on ...