The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter Scale struck Tibet, according to a statement from the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake, which occurred on Monday, was at a depth of 5 km, ...

The government will do everything to make the project sustainable after completion, he stated, while UNDP country representative Shigeki Komatsubara hailed the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) for ...

Heavy snow blanketed South Korea for the second consecutive day Tuesday, disrupting transportation services and causing traffic congestion for people heading to their hometowns for... Traffic on major ...