An earthquake registering lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of zero to 7 hit an island in southwestern Japan on ...

A strong earthquake has hit Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Authorities say it had a magnitude of 4.7, and an ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has published a map showing where two strong earthquakes shook southern Japan ...

Two moderate earthquakes struck off Japan's northeastern coast today, the U.S. Geological Survey said — a magnitude 5.5 tremor about 39 miles east of Onagawa Chō and a magnitude 5.0 quake roughly 38 ...

An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck Japan's Kyushu on Wednesday, according to the National Center for Seismology. No reports of any damage have been reported yet. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks.The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant ...

Aerial view of the devastated along the north eastern coast of Japan following a massive earthquake and tsunami March 25, 2011. The undersea, magnitude 9.0 “megathrust” earthquake—the worst in Japan’s ...

A house lies in the sea off a village near the Onagawa nuclear power plant on March 20, 2011, nine days after the deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of Japan's main island ...

On Friday morning, Japan also sent its first humanitarian aid package to Kabul. According to the Japanese Embassy, the shipment included tents and camping supplies, delivered to the International ...

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that devastated the island country 10 years ago is considered one of the most powerful natural disasters ever recorded. Since then, experts have studied the event ...

The National Tsunami Warning Center had issued an advisory for the western end of the Aleutian Islands, from Amchitka Pass to ...