A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck offshore Japan on New Year’s Eve, prompting monitoring by authorities. No tsunami warning ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at approximately 56 miles, 91 ...

Japan was struck by a new 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, hitting a similar area of the Pacific coast to Monday night’s powerful 7.5-magnitude tremor. The new quake off Aomori prefecture ...

Tsunami evacuation towers are designed for rapid, temporary evacuation to higher elevation in coastal communities. Read more ...

New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled ...