On a quiet Monday night, the earth beneath Japan's northeastern coast suddenly shook with tremendous force, sending thousands scrambling for safety and triggering urgent tsunami warnings across ...

An expert on tsunami says the highest wave observed following this week's powerful earthquake off northern Japan reached a ...

An earthquake has struck off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, east of Japan, where one person reported their 'whole house shaking' - with a tsunami set to follow ...

TOKYO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - ‌Japan ​has lifted a ‌tsunami advisory issued after ​an earthquake with a magnitude of ‍6.9 hit the ...

TOKYO >> Japanese authorities lifted tsunami warnings on Tuesday hours after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern regions, injuring at least 30 people and forcing about 90,000 ...

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.

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 ...

Japan is under a tsunami warning after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the coast. The earthquake was 84km east of Misawa, Japan, with warnings for Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate issued as a potential ...

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 tremor struck off Japan's north-eastern coast about 11.15pm local time, prompting warnings — later lifted — of waves up to three metres high.

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan, prompting orders for about 90,000 residents to evacuate and tsunami warnings that hours later were downgraded to advisories.