At least six dead from earthquakes which triggered tsunami warnings.
![People leave the beachside area at Inage Seaside Park after much of coastal Japan went on tsunami alert following a 8.7 magnitude quake in the sea off eastern Russia, along Tokyo Bay in Chiba City, Chiba prefecture on July 30, 2025. [Philip Fong/AFP] (AFP)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AFP__20250730__689M8YE__v1__HighRes__JapanRussiaQuakeTsunami_cropped-1753890403.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![This handout picture released by the Sakhalin Region Government on July 30, 2025, shows the tsunami-hit Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir, one of Russia's northern Kuril Islands [Handout/Russia's Sakhalin Region Government via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AFP__20250730__68A939F__v1__HighRes__RussiaEarthquakeTsunami-1753864535.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
More than 227,000 people died in the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and experts warn it could happen again.
Tsunami threat has passed for nearby islands after earthquake struck near Vanuatu’s capital Porta Vila.
Fumio Kishida says he will remain in Japan after experts warn of higher than usual risk along Nankai Trough.
Taiwan authorities report deaths in Hualien County, including three hikers, and say more than 900 were injured.
More than a dozen strong earthquakes struck central Japan, triggering tsunami waves along Honshu’s western coast.
Tsunami threat passes for Vanuatu and New Caledonia, New Zealand warns of dangerous currents, coastal surges.
Prosecutors have argued that the executives were aware of the dangers of a nuclear plant located on Japan’s coast.
![Fire burns following an earthquake in a residential area in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, in western Japan on Monday [Kyodo via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-01T105156Z_1855410923_RC2Y85A2NKJN_RTRMADP_3_JAPAN-QUAKE-1704114563.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
