2024

Five more people die on a Coast Guard plane after a collision with an airliner, but 379 escape a larger plane.

A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, leaving at least 55 people dead, according to Japan’s state broadcaster …

The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7. 5, sparked a fire and collapsed buildings on the west coast of Japan’s most important island, Honshu.

An account that offers real-time alerts on earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons in Japan is temporarily unable to post on X due to Elon Musk.

Although the number of casualties has been gradually increasing, early public warnings, transmitted by radio and telephone, as well as the immediate reaction of the general public and the authorities, appear to have limited some of the damage.

The Japanese government on Tuesday warned citizens in some spaces to stay away from their homes due to the threat of more violent earthquakes.

A series of strong earthquakes struck western Japan, killing at least 55 other people and damaging thousands of buildings, cars and boats.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings in the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s northwest coast rose to nearly 50 as rescue workers searched for survivors trapped under rubble.