The tsunami warning affected two provinces and sparked fears over the safety of the two nuclear power plants in the area.

The agency initially gave the magnitude estimate at 6.9, but later revised it down. There were no immediate reports of damage ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan late on Monday, causing small tsunamis in the area but no major ...

There were no immediate reports of damage and residents in some coastal areas were told to evacuate as a precautionary ...

Japan’s biggest island. Hundreds of aftershocks followed in the ensuing weeks — many of which were magnitude 6.0 and stronger. The tsunami breaches an embankment and flowing into the city of ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.

In Japan, the idea that hard measures can protect ... are designed to withstand the biggest tsunamis. This requires further research into resilient engineering designs that may be able to ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the surrounding land. Two decades on, many still reflect on the fateful ...

The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s biggest island. Hundreds of aftershocks followed in the ensuing weeks — many of which were magnitude 6.0 and stronger. It also ...