The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea ...

A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from ...

Sasaki's baseball career to this point has been marked by transcendent highs and complicated lows. His life story may help explain why.

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the ...

Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the quake was centered, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, ...

Was There a Tsunami in Japan? A tsunami around 3 feet reached land in Japan within 30 minutes of the earthquake, CBS News ...

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.

The earthquake, which occurred shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), triggered an initial tsunami advisory for ...