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

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

A government panel has said that it now thinks a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% ...

TOKYO: A Japanese government panel has revised its estimate of the chances of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, off ...

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 ...

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 ...

As tremors shook the ground in parts of western Japan last Thursday, local and national government bodies leapt into action. Meteorologists gathered and issued a temporary tsunami advisory. A special ...

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 ...

A Japanese government panel has revised its estimate of the chances of a megaquake occurring within 30 years in the Nankai Trough, off the country's Pacific Coast.