The epicenter of the first earthquake was in eastern Shimane prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Multiple earthquakes struck western Japan on Tuesday, local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture and neighboring Tottori ...

A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Japan on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake shook western Japan on Tuesday, but no major damage or life-threatening injuries were ...

Japan’s landscape has been shaped by some of the strongest forces on Earth — volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates and ...

That expedition used Japan's ultra-advanced drilling ship Chikyū, and marked the first time scientists had ever drilled directly into the fault zone of a recent megathrust earthquake. They drilled ...

Multiple earthquakes struck southern Japan on Sunday, rattling a region already known for its persistent seismic activity. No reports of major injuries or structural damage have emerged, and ...

New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled ...

Japan's nuclear watchdog is scrapping the safety screening for two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant ...

Tokyo: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 jolted Japan on New Year's eve, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremors were felt in Japan's Noda city on December 31, adding panic ...

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, about 26 miles northeast of the town of Goroka in the Eastern Highlands province. The quake hit at ...

A magnitude-3.4 earthquake and several smaller quakes were reported Tuesday morning in Ventura County. The magnitude-3.4 earthquake was reported at 7:06 a.m. four miles south of Ojai. Shaking was ...