An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of ...

The fault that produced the earthquake lies between two pieces of hard rock sandwiching a slippery clay layer, allowing for ...

In the latest report prepared by a Japanese government earthquake task force, it was estimated that up to 298,000 people ...

Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off northeast Japan behaved in such an extreme and destructive way.

Unlike tourist-packed destinations, there are places so perilous that only a few dare to visit. The dangers come from violent ...

TOKYO -- Japan on Friday issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast, according ...

The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and late-evening quake, which struck at about 11:15 p.m.

Japanese officials said to expect a tsunami of up to 3 meters in some areas after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the ...

Officials said the megaquake advisory is not a prediction and the probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake is only about ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government set up an emergency task force to urgently assess the extent of ...