5.6-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima prefecture

2022-08-04T08:50+0200khaleejtimes (en)

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the temblor was centered offshore An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in northeast Japan on Thursday, Kyodo news agency quoted Japan Meteorological Agency as saying, although no tsunami warning has been issued.

Inside USS Ronald Reagan, U.S. Aircraft Carrier Near Taiwan

2022-08-02T17:57+0200newsweek-USA (en)

As tensions have grown between Washington and Beijing over the potential visit of House speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan , renewed attention has been focused on the U.S. military presence in the South China Sea and the area surrounding the self-governing island claimed by China as part of its territory.

Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.6 just reported 76 km southeast of Hengchun, Taiwan

2022-08-01T10:49+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake near Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan , was reported only 14 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the....

High anxiety as Japan takes another step toward releasing wastewater from crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into sea

2022-07-31T23:08+0200digitpatrox (en)

Tokyo — The fishing trade round Japan’s Fukushima coast expressed disappointment and resignation over the weekend as long-expected plans to start out releasing handled wastewater into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant moved one step nearer to actuality.