Tsunami hits Japan after 7.3-magnitude quake
Tokyo: A one-metre-high tsunami hit northeast Japan Friday after a powerful undersea quake struck off the coast, sending thousands fleeing to safety in a region...
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Powerful tremor jolts Japan
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Fukushima: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, shaking buildings in Tokyo. According to US geological department the quake was centered about 77 miles...
Tsunami warning issued in Japan after 7.1 magnitude quake
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Tokyo:Japan has issued a warning for 3-foot (1 meter) tsunami after a powerful earthquake,measuring 7.1 at Richter scale, with epicenter near crippled Fukushima nuclear power...
Japan quake toll reaches 11,800
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Tokyo: The toll in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan has risen to 11,800, with 15,540 people remaining unaccounted, Xinhua quoted National Police...
Japan: Radioactive iodine 1,250 times over limit in sea
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Fukushima: The operator of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan has detected radioactive iodine 1,250.8 times above legal limit in sea near...
No significant worsening in Japan’s nuke plant: IAEA
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Vienna: The situation of Japan’s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant remains “very serious,” but there has been “no significant worsening” over the past 24 hours,...
Increasing radiation level: workers withdrawn from Fukushima
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Tokyo: Workers at Japan’s quake stricken nuclear power plant Fukushima have been withdrawn after a rise in radiation level. A government spokesman while talking after...
Radiation near nuke plant high enough to harm health: Japan
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Tokyo: Radiation released by the damaged reactors at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been high enough to threat human health, said the Japanese...
10,000 feared dead in Japan
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Tokyo:The death toll from Japan’s massive tsunami and quake is likely to exceed 10,000 in Miyagi prefecture alone, its police chief told reporters on Sunday....
6.2 magnitude quake hits Japan
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TOKYO: A strong earthquake has hit Japan’s eastern coast, closer to Tokyo than the massive quake that hit Friday, swaying buildings in the capital. The...