An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and nearby areas early Thursday, the weather agency said.

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

The owner recalled handing out food from his Lawson convenience store following the 1995 earthquake and ensuring it was open ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

No tsunami warning has been issued. The 2:49 a.m. quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in one spot in Hinoemata and 4 in another part of the same village, the Japan ...

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. Experts at the meteorological agency met late Monday ...

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern part of Japan on Monday, Jan. 13, prompting a tsunami advisory to be ...

The expert mentioned poor environments at evacuation centers as one of the problems persisting since the Great Hanshin ...