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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...