A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after ...

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

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

Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck ...

According to a study published in the journal Science, researchers can now explain why the earthquake off the Japanese coast ...

Japan lifted tsunami warnings after a 6.9-magnitude quake, but evacuations and fears of further tremors continue along the ...

The magnitude 7.5 earthquake caused mild injuries, home damage, and minor tsunami waves, but residents and municipalities ...

Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Tuesday, the ...

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.

After Japan's northern coast was rocked by a magnitude 7.5 quake on December 8, videos purportedly showing the impact of the ...

The license issued by the US Department of the Treasury is important for its ally, Japan, which receives about 9 percent of ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency says there is still a possibility of a sudden, massive earthquake, despite the lifting of the ...