Japan’s Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami warning late Monday following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of southwest Japan. The earthquake, which occurred shortly after ...

A strong 6.8 magnitude struck near the city of Miyazaki in Japan on Monday, January 13. Following the earthquake in the Miyazaki prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a ...

when Fulton and the IODP first ventured to the Japan Trench to study how and where the magnitude 9.1 earthquake—one of the largest ever recorded—originated. In that rupture, the shallowest ...

In 2011, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a devastating tsunami, made particularly famous for causing the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Thirteen years later, an international ...

Japanese authorities are still urging people working in the sea to exercise caution. The extent of the earthquake's damage remains unclear as officials continue to monitor the situation closely.

Exactly 20 years ago, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake occurred on Dec. 26 off ... including about 40 Japanese. The province of Aceh on the northern end of Sumatra suffered the heaviest damage, with ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a ...

JAPAN issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 23 miles and mainly hit the southwestern Kyushu region, said the ...