as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture. An initial tsunami wave approximately 1 meter (3.2 feet) high made landfall within 30 minutes of the earthquake, the Associated Press reported ...

This video is from a Japan Coast Guard ship, confronting a tsunami wave in shallow water on March 11th. And a rare view from the air: video of a tsunami wave approaching the shoreline. In Japan ...

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s ...

On this anniversary, Japan is slowly rebuilding, and an optimistic feeling of permanence ... and the riverside is devoid of any vegetation at all. Toni, Iwate Prefecture: The tsunami wall was not ...

If such a megaquake were to occur, it could potentially cause a dangerous tsunami that could put thousands of lives at risk.

As the massive tsunami surged over a 6.4-meter seawall, it swallowed the town below. Along the railway embankment, people ...

Documentary capturing the impact of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011, using amateur footage filmed by those caught up in the disaster ...

Japan's Noto Peninsula is reeling ... often giving people several minutes of warning that a wave may strike. In contrast, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hit a number of islands with no formal ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency reported tsunami activity in the Izu Islands south of Tokyo on Monday morning. A 60 centimeter tsunami struck Hachijojima Island, and 50-centimeter tsunami waves hit ...

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

The National Police Agency lists 2,520 victims of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster as missing, and they cannot be added ...

Along the coast of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, where a tsunami swept away entire communities on March 11, 2011, a single tree remains as a symbol of endurance. Known as the Miracle Pine ...