That level of damage would far exceed the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that killed more ... due to the accumulated snow. The death toll would be as high as 199,000 across seven ...

The 7.6 magnitude quake struck western Japan’s Noto peninsula on the afternoon of New Year’s Day, flattening homes, triggering a tsunami and cutting off remote communities. As the emergency ...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country, country's Meteorological Agency said Monday. The public warnings to stay away from coastal ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted.

As of Friday, however, the death toll from Japan's latest temblor ... historical knowledge may have helped save lives during Japan's 2011 tsunami. Some survivors knew how far waters could encroach ...

Rescuers are in a race against time as they search for survivors of a powerful earthquake which rocked Japan’s western ... Ishikawa officials raised the death toll on Thursday to 78.

The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck in the middle of the afternoon on Monday, prompting residents in some coastal areas to flee to higher ground as tsunami waves hit Japan's west ...

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological Agency said Monday. Tsunami warnings were issued for Miyazaki ...