An 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Iwate Prefecture on Sunday around 1:15 p.m., registering a 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Miyako and Kuji in the prefecture.

With Japan preparing to restart a nuclear reactor, the world's largest, in the coastal prefecture of Niigata, a Newsweek map ...

Tsunamis that travel long distances before reaching Japan have been known to cause damage in many cases. Experts urge the ...

On Wednesday, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority announced that it is halting the relicensing process for two reactors at ...

Chubu Electric Power Co. admitted that it is selecting specialised earthquake wave patterns, which are close to a calculated ...

Japan ordered all its nuclear power plant reactors to be shut down in 2011 after a magnitude 9 earthquake and massive tsunami ...

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Philippines on Wednesday, United States Geological Survey ...

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, shaking Matsue and surrounding cities. No ...

A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook western Japan Tuesday but no tsunami warning was issued and no major damage was repor ...

TOKYO: A Japanese nuclear plant operator said it may have presented data underestimating earthquake risks to regulators, as ...

A powerful earthquake struck western Japan on Tuesday, though no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck western Japan, hitting eastern Shimane Prefecture at 10:18 a.m. local time at a depth of ...