The Japan Meteorological Agency has been recording earthquakes in the sparsely populated island chain near the Tokara Islands since 21 June.

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.

A REMOTE island chain has been rocked by more than 900 terrifying earthquakes in two weeks – forcing its residents to stay up all night. Tokara island chain in the south of Japan – a re… ...

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 ...

Since June 21, the Tokara Islands have experienced more than 1,000 earthquakes, with a magnitude 5.5 quake being recorded on Wednesday.

Japanese authorities have evacuated a small island village after the region was jolted by over 1,000 earthquakes in less than two weeks.

A swarm of nearly 900 earthquakes has rattled Japan's Tokara Islands, intensifying fears tied to a 5 July tsunami prophecy by manga artist Ryo Tatsuki.

Residents of the Tokara Islands in the village of Toshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, began evacuating Friday morning following a powerful magnitude 5.5 earthquake that struck a day earlier, which ...

Some guesthouses on the Tokara islands have stopped accepting tourists because of the earthquakes, Toshima Village said on its website, noting that they might be used as shelters for locals.

An island chain in southwest Japan was shaken by an earthquake on Thursday after over 1,000 tremors throughout two weeks.