In Focus: Magnitude-7.1 earthquake jolts Kumamoto

TOKYO -- An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.1 struck southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture around 4:27 p.m. on Tuesday.The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake originated under the southern main island of Kyushu at a depth of about 16 kilometers. It is the first quake in the country to reach the ma

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Burgos town in Surigao del Norte on Wednesday morning, July 29, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The tectonic quake occurred 34 kilometers (km) northeast of Burgos town at 8:39 a.m., with a recorded depth of 10 km, Ph

An earthquake measured at magnitude 7.1 and rated as a possible level seven on Japan's own Shindo 'scale of shaking' - the highest possible level - has struck the island of Kyushu