A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Iwate Prefecture at 5:03 p.m. local time on Sunday.

A tsunami of about 10 centimeters (4 inches) was detected at Ofunato city in Iwate Prefecture, Ominato port, Miyako and Kamaishi, and subsequently as high as 20 centimeters (8 inches) in the coastal ...

Japanese authorities issued a tsunami alert for the northeast of the country on Sunday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean, close to the country.

Dozens of earthquakes struck near Japan on Monday following a cluster of seismic activity that rocked the area over the ...

A 6.7-magnitude quake struck off Japan’s coast early Sunday evening, prompting a tsunami advisory, which was later lifted.

A powerful earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and a depth of about 12 miles, struck off the coast of northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Northeastern Japan is prone to earthquakes, including a triple disaster of a quake, tsunami and a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, just south of Iwate, in March 2011, that killed nearly 20,000 people, ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a tsunami advisory for parts of the country’s eastern coastline on Sunday after an earthquake was detected in the Pacific Ocean. The ...

After super typhoon Uwan, Filipinos are worried about the possibility of a tsunami after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Japan.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck off Japan's eastern coast at 0803GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The earthquake occurred near Iwate prefecture at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 ...

The earthquake, recorded at 5.03 pm, produced shaking equivalent to shindo 4 (Japanese seismic scale) in Morioka city and the ...

The eruption of Indonesia's Mt. Semeru on Wednesday will have no tsunami impact on Japan, the weather agency said.