According to Japan's Earthquake Research Committee ... along the south of Japan's biggest island of Honshu. It’s a subduction zone located where the Philippine Sea Plate is being subducted ...

The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises next year in central Japan's earthquake-hit Noto region to ...

The powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day killed at ... in nine prefectures on the western coast of main island Honshu to evacuate. They were spending the night in sports ...

A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

Record-breaking snowfall across Hokkaido and Sea of Japan coastal areas of Honshu on Feb. 8 brought traffic and train ...

The earthquake causes a tsunami with 30-foot ... The US Geological Survey says the quake appears to have moved Honshu, Japan’s main island, by eight feet and has shifted the earth on its axis.

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory.

The Earthquake Research Committee ... areas on the main islands of Honshu and Shikoku could be hit by huge waves within a few minutes. Last August the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA ...

A strong 6.8 magnitude struck near the city of Miyazaki in Japan on Monday, January 13. Following the earthquake in the Miyazaki prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a ...

Japan's Noto Peninsula is reeling from its most powerful earthquake in a century, but the death toll is remarkably low. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the peninsula in central Japan on ...