A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A strong earthquake and several subsequent tremors rattled northern Japan on Sunday evening, triggering tsunami advisories along ...

Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

Japan was assessing damage Tuesday and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities ...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami decimated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant along the coast. The massive ecological ...

A strong offshore earthquake struck northern Japan late Monday, prompting tsunami alerts and coastal evacuations before authorities later downgraded the warning. Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) ...

TOKYO — A powerful quake rattled northern Japan Sunday evening, followed by several more temblors, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tsunami advisory was issued. The earthquake, with an ...

(CNN) — A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, injuring more than two dozen people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 100,000 ...

Emergency alerts issued in the event of earthquakes off the Pacific coast of central Japan are expected to experience delays ...