Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan, which sits on the boundary ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 and depth of 10 kilometers, or just over 6 miles.

Authorities said there were no reports of damage to major public facilities or infrastructure including three nearby nuclear power plants.

Japan issued a tsunami alert after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the country's southwest on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of households ...

A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday, leaving many presumed dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck just south of the city of Kumamoto on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday ...

The earthquake that struck the Asian country measured 9.1 on the Richter scale, and within minutes, the first waves began to ...

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's Kyushu island, triggering tsunami alerts and widespread infrastructure damage. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said authorities were still assessing injuries and ...

A powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, seriously damaging a shopping mall where there are reportedly many people trapped ...

Emergency workers were racing to find people and extinguish fires after the 6.8 magnitude quake struck the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto.

Herodotus, the “Father of History,” recorded what happened to the advancing Persians when the tsunami hit. Credit: Pxfuel/Public Domain In the winter of 479 BC, during the Greco-Persian Wars, a ...