A Japanese government panel said Thursday it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a "megaquake" to up to 82 percent in the next 30 years.

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked the southwestern part of Japan has triggered a tsunami advisory for the entire country ...

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern part of Japan on Monday, Jan. 13, prompting a tsunami advisory to be ...

Authorities are closely monitoring the situation, but the full extent of the damage and any potential casualties remain ...

Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami devastated Japan, causing immense loss of life and property while highlighting the critical ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency said there ... The Aug. 8 earthquake is believed to have been a “plate boundary type” earthquake, in which the gap between the land plate and the subducting ...

A tsunami warning has been issued for a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Hyuga-Nada Sea off the coast of Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

A strong earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has rattled southwestern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday that tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts ... volcanoes that eventually build up into island arcs like Japan. At divergent boundaries in the oceans, magma from deep in the Earth's mantle ...