In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

More than 1,700 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have struck the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, ...

Additionally, Akusekijima was rocked by two more tremors overnight. The first, at 12:08 am, measured 4, followed by a ...

The nation’s top earthquake expert has dismissed claims circulating online that the recent chain of intense seismic activity ...

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.

It ruled out possible impact from a series of quakes off the Tokara Islands in southwestern Japan. The agency panel on the Nankai Trough megaquake analyzed data at a regular review meeting on Monday.

FILE - Akuseki Island, one of the main islands of the Tokara Islands, is seen on July 20, 2009 in Toshima, Kagoshima, Japan. Sankei/Getty Images ...

A remote island chain in southern Japan has experienced over 900 earthquakes in the past two weeks, according to the country's weather agency. The continuous tremors have left residents anxious ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4:13 p.m. Thursday, according to the Meteorological Agency. Authorities said there was no risk of a tsunami and ...

About 700 people live on seven of the 12 Tokara islands. There are no hospitals on some of these far-flung islands - the nearest is at least six hours by ferry to the prefectural capital, Kagoshima.

Since June 21, more than 1,000 earthquakes have rattled the Tokara Islands, stretching south from Kyūshū toward Okinawa, including a major tremor of level 6 lower seismic intensity on July 3.

Kagoshima/Tokyo, July 5 (Jiji Press)--An earthquake measuring up to upper 5, fourth highest on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, struck Saturday morning off Akusekijima, one of the Tokara ...