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 ...

Japan is on alert after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck its northern regions late on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and a rare government advisory about the possibility of a “megaquake” over the ...

IWAKI, Japan (AP) -- Cooling systems failed at another nuclear reactor on Japan's devastated coast Sunday, hours after an explosion at a nearby unit made leaking radiation, or even outright meltdown, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on Monday, prompting a tsunami warning and injuring dozens of people. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6 and caused buildings to sway ...

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 catastrophic event, technically known as the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, occurred at the Japan Trench, an area off the country's east coast where the Pacific tectonic plate is being pushed ...

Do this week’s strong geomagnetic storm and earthquake in Japan mean that the Big One is nigh? That’s what some influencers on TikTok believe. On Tuesday, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, ...

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake ...