A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Dec. 8 and prompted a tsunami warning, officials said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami as high as 10 feet could hit Japan's ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government set up an emergency task force to urgently assess the extent of ...

The quake struck the country's north just days after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in the same region injured 50 people.

A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck about 67 miles northeast of Kuji, Japan, on Wednesday, rattling coastal communities just days after authorities issued a tsunami warning for the region after a 7.6 ...

The fault that produced the earthquake lies between two pieces of hard rock sandwiching a slippery clay layer, allowing for ...

TOKYO -- Japan on Friday issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast, according ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck Japan on Monday evening, triggering a tsunami of up to 50 centimetres in Pacific coast communities, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). It said ...

Japanese authorities lifted tsunami warnings after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern regions, injuring 30 and forcing evacuations. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes ...

The Japanese Meteorological Agency said the quake struck off Hokkaido and issued an alert for a tsunami of up to 10 feet.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast on Friday, prompting officials to issue a tsunami advisory.

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurred Friday afternoon local time off the northern coast of Japan, the Japan Meteorological ...

Officials said the megaquake advisory is not a prediction and the probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake is only about 1%, but there's hope it will serve as a wake-up call.