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 ...

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday local time, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches in Pacific coast communities, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency ...

AOMORI, Japan — A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Aomori, Japan, on December 8, prompting tsunami warnings and evacuations for about 90,000 residents. The Japan ...

An international team's seafloor study revealed one reason why the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami were so devastating. The ...

In light of the recent tsunami and earthquake news – re: the 8.8-magnitude tremor that struck off the Russian coast, sending tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean – the threat of tectonic shifts ...

(The Center Square) - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in the Pacific Ocean some 45 miles west of Misawa, Japan, shook the northern region of the archipelago around 11:26 p.m. local time. Japan's ...

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 ...