A powerful, 6.9-magnitude earthquake jolted residents in southwest Japan at 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET) on Monday; its epicenter was centered 18 kilometers off the coast of Miyazaki ...

A powerful earthquake with a maximum intensity of just under 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 struck in the Hyuganada Sea off Miyazaki Prefecture around 4:43 p.m. on Aug. 8 ...

The people of Japan have grown accustomed to having to deal with earthquakes in the region ... temblor was recorded off the ...

The Jan. 13 earthquake, centered in the Hyuganada Sea off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, occurred at 9:19 p.m. with its focus about 30 kilometers deep. It had a maximum intensity of lower 5.

Officials said a magnitude-7.1 earthquake off Miyazaki Prefecture had increased the chance of a devastating mega-quake striking in the Nankai Trough, off the country's southwestern coast.