A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, late Saturday night, the National Center ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has published a map showing where two strong earthquakes shook southern Japan Wednesday. Newsweek reached out to the USGS by email Wednesday for more ...

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 ...