Japan issued an evacuation advisory for the coastal areas of the southern prefecture of Okinawa after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami warning. Tsunami waves of up to 3 meters were expected ...

One of the less-noticed effects of tsunamis, for humans at least, is the way they can carry species into unfamiliar territory, such as saltwater fish into normally fresh waters. A study of the effects ...

People living on large swathes of Japan’s coastline were urged to evacuate on Monday after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck, triggering a tsunami warning. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck late Monday off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (27 inches) in Pacific coast communities and warnings of potentially higher ...

Authorities have downgraded a tsunami warning in northeast Japan after a major earthquake sparked calls for residents to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Dec. 8, prompting warnings of a tsunami as high as 10-feet and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Residents across Japan's Pacific coast rushed to higher ground on Wednesday as tsunami warnings following a massive earthquake off Russia's Far East resurfaced painful memories and ...

AM Japan Standard Time, a major earthquake occurred near Panama in Central America. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) ...

Zuigan-ji Temple in Matsushima, one of the sites damaged in the 2011 tsunami (image via wikipedia.org) Beyond a rising death toll of over 10,800, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in northern ...

A major earthquake rocked Japan's northern coast on Monday, with the country's meteorological agency recording several tsunami waves and local media reporting injuries. The magnitude 7.6 quake—which ...