A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake for its coastal areas. The Cabinet Office and ...

A tsunami alert has been triggered following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sarangani in the southern Philippines early on Monday. At least 19 people have died and at least 134 were ...

Late on Monday, at 4:53pm local time, a powerful earthquake hit Japan. Reports vary, but the magnitude was somewhere between 7.4 and 7.7 on the Richter scale. It shook buildings, tore up roads, caused ...

Manila, Philippines — The death toll from a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the Philippines rose to at least 35 on Monday after at least 17 people were killed in a southern Philippine province ...

Tokyo — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a tsunami alert for a wide section of coastline, though waves of ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden weakness beneath the Pacific Ocean that helps explain why Japan’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami became so devastating. By drilling deeper into the ...

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday, killing at least 53 people, was followed by nearly a thousand aftershocks, disaster management officials said Sunday. Rescuers ...

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents to stay away from coastal areas where tsunami waves of up to 3 meters (10 ft.) ...

Japan has downgraded its tsunami warnings to advisories but the public are still advised to stay away from coastal areas. Tsunami warnings had been issued for most of Japan’s eastern coastline after a ...

New Delhi: A tsunami wave of 80-centimetre (31-inch) struck a port in northern Japan after a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the region. According to Japan’s meteorological agency, a tsunami ...