Japan was struck by a new 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, hitting a similar area of the Pacific coast to Monday night’s powerful 7.5-magnitude tremor. The new quake off Aomori prefecture ...

A powerful earthquake that jolted northern Japan on Dec. 8 and triggered tsunami warnings is not expected to impact the United States, officials said. According to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning ...

A very strong earthquake hit off Japan’s northeastern coast late Dec. 8, and officials warned people who live near the sea to move to higher ground. The quake measured magnitude 7.6 and was centered ...

Japan’s northeastern coast faced a terrifying night as a powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck off the coastline on Monday, prompting urgent evacuation orders and tsunami warnings for thousands of ...

An international team's seafloor study revealed one reason why the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami were so devastating. The ...

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Shimane Prefecture in Japan's Chugoku region on Monday, with residents reporting severe shaking.

A major earthquake rocked Japan's northern coast late Monday, with the country's meteorological agency recording several tsunami waves reached the shoreline and local media reporting injuries. The ...

(The Center Square) - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in the Pacific Ocean some 45 miles west of Misawa, Japan, shook the northern region of the archipelago around 11:26 p.m. local time. Japan's ...

New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake occurred off the east ...