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Japan Approves Revised Megaquake Plan for Greater Tokyo

The government has committed to halve projected deaths and economic losses by prioritizing automatic seismic circuit-breakers and other fire-prevention measures.

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2mo ago

Strong M6.8–6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama, Chile

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3mo ago

Japan Lifts Week-Long Mega-Quake Alert After M6.2 Hokkaido Quake

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3mo ago

Japan Lifts Tsunami Alert After Northern Quake and Warns of Higher Mega-Quake Risk

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3mo ago

Japan Lifts Tsunami Alerts After 7.5 Quake Off Aomori as Officials Warn of Short-Term Risk

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7mo ago

NCS Confirms Series of Moderate Quakes Across Bay of Bengal, Sumatra and Bangladesh

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7mo ago

Magnitude 4 Quake Rattles Sibi With No Damage Reported

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7mo ago

Light Quakes Rattle Loralai and Sibi in Balochistan

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8mo ago

Peru Records New Moderate Quakes as IGP Reports No Damage

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9mo ago

Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Strikes Mindanao With No Major Damage

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9mo ago

Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Shakes Piura, No Damage Reported

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11mo ago

Chiapas Registers M4.7 and M4.4 Quakes After Oaxaca’s M4.0

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11mo ago

Chiapas Feels 5.9 Quake From El Salvador as Routine M4s Continue With No Damage

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last yr.

Major Earthquakes

Japan Approves Revised Megaquake Plan for Greater Tokyo

Strong M6.8–6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama, Chile

Japan Lifts Week-Long Mega-Quake Alert After M6.2 Hokkaido Quake

Japan Lifts Tsunami Alert After Northern Quake and Warns of Higher Mega-Quake Risk

Powerful Quake Strikes Eastern Indonesia as Tsunami Alert Lifted

Magnitude 5.1 Offshore Quake Near Reggio Calabria Felt in Messina

Magnitude 6.2 Quake Jolts Western Japan With No Tsunami Reported

Magnitude 6.5 Quake in Guerrero Kills at Least Two, Destroys Dozens of Homes

Magnitude 5.1 Quake Off Hualien Briefly Shakes Taipei, No Immediate Damage

Magnitude 5.2 Quake Rattles Karachi and Balochistan, No Casualties Reported

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Japan Lifts Tsunami Alerts After 7.5 Quake Off Aomori as Officials Warn of Short-Term Risk

NCS Confirms Series of Moderate Quakes Across Bay of Bengal, Sumatra and Bangladesh

Magnitude 4 Quake Rattles Sibi With No Damage Reported

Light Quakes Rattle Loralai and Sibi in Balochistan

Peru Records New Moderate Quakes as IGP Reports No Damage

Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Strikes Mindanao With No Major Damage

Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Shakes Piura, No Damage Reported

Chiapas Registers M4.7 and M4.4 Quakes After Oaxaca’s M4.0

Chiapas Feels 5.9 Quake From El Salvador as Routine M4s Continue With No Damage

North America and Caribbean Record 15 Moderate Quakes Over Past Day

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