On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 ...

On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...

Perched along the scenic coastline of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, the Taro Kanko Hotel once stood as a symbol of hospitality, ...

For those traveling through Japan’s Iwate prefecture, a visit to Takata Matsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster and the ...

See incredible footage of the tsunami swamping cities and turning buildings into rubble. All across northern Japan they felt it. A violent, magnitude 9-point-zero earthquake on March 11 ...

Christmas in 2004, when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra set off a mammoth wave that was ...

(James Whitlow Delano) After the Tohoku earthquake spawned a tsunami which tore through northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, photographer James Whitlow Delano used his Leica camera to document ...

Could the Recent Pacific Megaquakes Trigger a West Coast Temblor? A series of major earthquakes have struck beneath the Pacific Ocean in less than a year and a half. Could the U.S. west coast be ...

Japan commemorates the 14th anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck the country's northeastern region and resulted in the cataclysmic meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi n ...

A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Three people were injured but there were no ...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. The agency ...