The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake was of 7.8 magnitude and said it struck about 543 miles south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, near Japan’s Ogasawara Islands. The Pacific Tsunami Warning ...

Tokyo: Japan was rattled late on Saturday night after an earthquake measuring 6.0 struck near the country’s east coast, the ...

Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major earthquakes is ever-present. One of the most destructive aspects of seismic ...

TOKYO — One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A magnitude-5.3 earthquake hit Tokyo and eastern parts of Japan on Friday evening, the government said, a day after it issued the first-ever advisory about the risk of a huge ...

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, on Saturday night, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

TOKYO — Japanese authorities are warning residents to remain alert for strong tremors in the coming days after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southern Japan this week. The earthquake occurred at ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March of 2011. March 11, 2011 – At 2:46 p.m., a 9.1 magnitude earthquake takes place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of ...

Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who died Friday aged 101, was best known for his landmark apology for Japan's World ...