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 ...

Following a series of ominous rumblings, the volcanic island of Miyakejima in the Izu island chain spat a huge plume of smoke ...

TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--More residents have decided to flee Akusekijima island after yet another strong earthquake. The latest temblor early on July 5 registered upper 5 on the Japanese ...

Kagoshima, July 4 (Jiji Press)--A dozen of residents left Akusekijima aboard a ship Friday morning after a powerful earthquake rocked the Tokara chain island in southwestern Japan the previous day ...

The second group of 31 individuals from Akusekijima and another 15 from Kodakarajima reached the city on Sunday. The officials say 23 people remain on Akusekijima while another 41 are on Kodakarajima.

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 ...

Japan began evacuating its citizens from the southwest islands on Friday amid recurring tremors. Authorities began evacuating residents from the village of Toshima on Akusekijima, one of the ...

A sparsely populated string of islands in southwest Japan has experienced more earthquakes than it has people over the past two weeks, recording more than 800 tremors strong enough to be felt on ...

What’s happening right now? Evacuations Underway: Residents of Akusekijima, part of Kagoshima’s Tokara island chain, began evacuating on Friday, July 4, following a 5.5-magnitude quake.

On Friday, 13 residents evacuated the village of Toshima on Akusekijima and arrived at Kagoshima Port by ship, local media reported.

"It's very scary to even fall asleep," one resident said. "It feels like it's always shaking." "You can hear a strange roar from the ocean before the quakes hit, especially at night. It's eerie," ...