Torrential rain continued Thursday in the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast due to a lingering band of rain clouds, ...

The caption reads: “March 11, 2011 — the day Japan was shaken by one of the deadliest tsunamis in history. A Japanese Coast ...

A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's ...

Japan is no stranger to severe earthquakes. It lies on the Ring of Fire, an area of intense seismic and volcanic activity on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.

As powerful tsunami waves swept across the Pacific last week, they were matched by a surge of anxiety over a 1999 Japanese ...

Japan is prone to earthquakes, with many fault lines and volcanoes. A massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011 caused widespread damage in northeastern Japan.

Social media users shared an old photo showing massive cracks on the ground falsely claiming it was taken in Russia after one ...

Hundreds killed in Ecuador earthquake 44 photos Unlike the strike-slip earthquakes in Japan, this one was a so-called megathrust quake, which occurs when one tectonic plate jams under another.