The quake came only eight days after three earthquakes shook the area in the course of about 100 minutes. More than 30 quakes also were recorded between midnight and 10:15 a.m. on Dec. 8, according to ...

If adopted, the proposal would mark one of the most significant changes at the military's top ranks in decades.

Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Tuesday, the ...

Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck ...

Japan lifted a megaquake advisory for the country's northeastern coast Tuesday, one week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake ...

Nuclear facilities have been inspected in Japan as authorities assess the damage from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake.

After Japan's northern coast was rocked by a magnitude 7.5 quake on December 8, videos purportedly showing the impact of the ...

A strong, 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:44 a.m. Japan time about 71 miles northeast ...

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after ...

Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means.

JOHANNESBURG -- A multistory building being constructed on top of a Hindu temple collapsed Friday in the South African town of Verulam, killing at least one person and leaving several others trapped ...

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake prompted a tsunami advisory for parts of Japan on Friday.The earthquake happened around 11:44 am local time off the east coast of Aomori in northern Japan, according to NHK.