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 ...

Two small islands in the southwestern part of Japan have moved apart by nearly 10 centimetres over the course of three days ...

More than 2,000 earthquakes that can be felt by humans have recently struck around a southwestern Japanese island chain.

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.

The Tokara Islands in southern Japan have experienced a wave of more than 1,200 earthquakes since late June, with some ...

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.

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

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

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

Since June 21, the Tokara Islands have experienced more than 1,000 earthquakes, with a magnitude 5.5 quake being recorded on Wednesday.

A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan’s Tokara Islands on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.The agency stated that the ...