A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...

A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

For millions of years, Earth’s shifting plates have shaped continents, formed oceans, and built towering mountain ranges. But ...

Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, shaped by the slow but powerful movement of tectonic plates. While some plates have ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

For those traveling through Japan’s Iwate prefecture, a visit to Takata Matsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster and the ...

Japan’s top court has found two former company executives not guilty of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster and the subsequent deaths of dozens of elderly residents ...

Events were held around Japan on March 11 to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, as attendees marked the exact time at 2:46 p.m. when the magnitude-9.0 ...

It said the outlook for future activity was difficult to determine as a series of earthquakes in the magnitude-6 class after the magnitude-7.6 earthquake “has never been observed before in Japan.” ...

USGS shows an interactive map of where the 3.9 magnitude quake happened. (USGS) TOPICS: PORT ANGELES, Wash. — A preliminary earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit 31.1 kilometers ...