The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...

A massive tsunami generated by a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck Japan's coast within 30 minutes. Waves as high as 130 feet spilled over seawalls. Within days, three nuclear reactors were disabled.

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that devastated the island country 10 years ago is considered one of the most powerful natural disasters ever recorded. Since then, experts have studied the event ...

In light of the recent tsunami and earthquake news – re: the 8.8-magnitude tremor that struck off the Russian coast, sending tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean – the threat of tectonic shifts ...

Survivors turn to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to share their stories. March 11, 2011— -- The record-setting 8.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan today sent millions around the globe to ...

Human remains found in Japan's north-east have been identified as those of a six-year-old girl missing since the massive earthquake and tsunami of 2011.