Multiple earthquakes, including one at 6.2 magnitude, struck western Japan late Tuesday morning local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture and neighboring Tottori Prefecture. The initial quake hit at ...

Japan earthquake today live updates: A tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (2 feet, 4 inches) was measured in Kuji port in Iwate prefecture, just south of Aomori, and waves up to 50 centimeters struck ...

New research shows that a fragile clay layer beneath the Japan Trench played a key role in the extreme seafloor movement during the 2011 earthquake.

Aftershocks have been felt across Japan after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit the country on Monday. The quake has left at least 51 people injured, with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warning ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred off the coast of Hokkaido Island in Japan. This was announced on January 27 on the website of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).It is ...

A powerful earthquake struck western Japan on Tuesday morning, rattling parts of Shimane and neighbouring Tottori prefectures, although authorities said it posed no tsunami threat. The Japan ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hundreds of flights have been delayed, and dozens were cancelled following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Monday. At least 29 flights were cancelled going in ...

That expedition used Japan's ultra-advanced drilling ship Chikyū, and marked the first time scientists had ever drilled directly into the fault zone of a recent megathrust earthquake. They drilled ...

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 ...