Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off northeast Japan behaved in such an extreme and destructive way.

An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of ...

Japan lifted a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off ...

An advisory regarding the increased risk of another strong earthquake was lifted at midnight Monday (Dec 15), following a magnitude 7.5 temblor that rattled northern and northeastern Japan a week ago, ...

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region. Friday’s quake occurred off the east ...

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering ...

The quake struck the country's north just days after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in the same region injured 50 people.

The quake, which occurred off the coast of Aomori prefecture, followed a 7.5-magnitude earthquake this week that injured at ...

ALARM bells are sounding across Japan over a terrifying once-a-century megathrust that could kill thousands and cause ...

Tsunami alert lifted after 6.9-magnitude tremor prompts evacuations along Pacific coast - Details on damage and injuries from ...

A few days have passed since the earthquake that registered an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic scale in Aomori ...