On today's date in 1707, a catastrophic 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. This quake may have played a role in the last ...

The oyster fishing season is underway in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Shipments of raw oysters have begun in the ...

A house lies in the sea off a village near the Onagawa nuclear power plant on March 20, 2011, nine days after the deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of Japan's main island ...

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan near the east coast of Honshu on Saturday evening, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) reported., World News, Times Now ...

HONOLULU — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts ...

An investigation by analyst house TrendForce has found that a number of semiconductor-related facilities in Japan have been affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the Ishikawa region on ...

Japan was rattled by consecutive earthquakes near Hokkaido, with a magnitude 5.7 quake striking first, followed by a 5.8 ...

An 8.0-magnitude quake along the San Andreas Fault would "flatten" L.A. March 14, 2011 — -- Last week's catastrophic earthquake in Japan -- on the heels of three recent tremblers in Haiti, Chile ...

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan, with no injuries, damage, or tsunami warnings reported. Authorities ...

Canterbury University has done a large scale test on the sort of steel frame and concrete multistories common in New Zealand.

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South ...