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 ...

A tsunami warning has been issued after an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude rocked southwestern Japan today ... are in the danger zone. A wave of about one meter is expected in the coming hours ...

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 ... Toni, Iwate Prefecture: The tsunami wall was not enough to hold back the wave that hit these homes. Even the homes high on the hill (in the top left ...

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

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

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 on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast, triggering a nuclear crisis, with residents in one of the hardest-hit areas again reeling ...

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 ...

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