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On March 11, 2011, the 9.0-magnitude Great East Japan Earthquake struck the country, making it the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan. The unprecedented disaster triggered a tsunami and ...

Two of Japan's nuclear power plants were rattled on Monday when a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southwest Japan, prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the region. This map shows the ...

In January, Japan’s earthquake investigation panel increased the probability of a megaquake happening within the next 30 years to over 80 per cent. A megaquake is an earthquake of magnitude 8 or ...

A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.1 struck southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami warnings for a number of the country’s western islands and causing mostly minor injuries.

The increased revenue estimate stems mainly from the 9.0 earthquake and the resulting tsunami which hit Japan on March 11, IHS iSuppli said. The main contributor to the revised estimate is an ...

The Japanese government estimates that there is a 70-80 percent chance of a megaquake occurring within 30 years.

The date was September 1, 1923, and the event was the Great Kanto Earthquake, at the time considered the worst natural disaster ever to strike quake-prone Japan. The initial jolt was followed a ...

The New Year did not prove to be very favorable for western Japan, as a strong earthquake struck the region. The earthquake was strong enough to kill dozens of people in Japan. Additionally ...

People across Japan bowed their heads and prayed on March 11 for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan 14 years ago. Prime Minister Shigeru ...

A View of debris and mud covered at Tsunami hit Destroyed fishing village in Kojirahama on March 25, 2011, Japan. On 11 March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 9.0, the biggest in ...

The Great Tohoku Earthquake struck Japan on March 11, 2011, with a magnitude of 9.1 that also triggered a catastrophic tsunami that hit within 30 minutes of the quake. The tsunami disabled three ...