A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake rattled northern Japan's Sanriku coast, occurring at a shallow depth of just 9.5-10 km.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck off the eastern coast of Honshu in Japan on Thursday (March 27) night, said the ...

TOKYO -- Before the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, a series of signals hinted at what was coming -- ...

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off Honshu, Japan’s largest island, at a depth of 10 km. Authorities monitor aftershocks; ...

Japan earthquake today: An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck Japan on Thursday. As of now, there are no reports of major ...

The temblor originated at a depth of about 10 km. While slight sea level fluctuations may occur along the coast, the JMA said ...

A look back at 60 Minutes' reporting on the deadly 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 20,000.

Tokyo has predicted an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude-9 quake in the next 30 years, that could cause 300,000 deaths.

Japan is on alert after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck its northern regions late on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and a rare government advisory about the possibility of a “megaquake” over the ...

That expedition used Japan's ultra-advanced drilling ship Chikyū, and marked the first time scientists had ever drilled directly into the fault zone of a recent megathrust earthquake. They drilled ...

Sato served as mayor of the town in Miyagi Prefecture for 20 years, but since stepping down in November has been delivering ...