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 ...

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 ...

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains the origins of the devastating 2011 Japan earthquake.