Northeastern Japan is prone to earthquakes, including a triple disaster of a quake, tsunami and a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, just south of Iwate, in March 2011, that killed nearly 20,000 people, ...

Today’s set of earthquakes follow a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan’s Iwate Prefecture at 5:03 p.m. local time on Sunday that prompted a tsunami warning. Since then, at ...

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Iwate Prefecture at 5:03 p.m. local time on Sunday.

A powerful earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and a depth of about 12 miles, struck off the coast of northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

A tsunami of about 10 centimeters (4 inches) was detected at Ofunato city in Iwate Prefecture, Ominato port, Miyako and Kamaishi, and subsequently as high as 20 centimeters (8 inches) in the coastal ...

A 6.7-magnitude quake struck off Japan’s coast early Sunday evening, prompting a tsunami advisory, which was later lifted.

Japanese authorities issued a tsunami alert for the northeast of the country on Sunday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean, close to the country.

After super typhoon Uwan, Filipinos are worried about the possibility of a tsunami after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Japan.

Japan Earthquake Today Tsunami Warnings: Japan experienced at least three small tsunamis on Sunday minutes after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolted a Northern Pacific region affecting parts of the ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 6.7 quake occurred off Iwate shortly after 5 p.m. local time. It had an intensity of 4 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7 in the hardest-hit areas of ...

A house lies in the sea off a village near the Onagawa nuclear power plant on March 20, 2011, nine days after the deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of Japan's main island ...