Aerial view of the devastated along the north eastern coast of Japan following a massive earthquake and tsunami March 25, 2011. The undersea, magnitude 9.0 “megathrust” earthquake—the worst in Japan’s ...

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 ...

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Kyushu island, leading to the issuance of a tsunami warning. First-ever official “mega earthquake alert” was issued by the Japan ...

Mega earthquake fears have hit Japan after a manga comic predicted a 'real catastrophe' there this summer. In The Future I Saw, a comic published in 1999 by Ryo Tatsuki, a huge quake prompts scores of ...

Jasmine Laws is a US News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, but she also writes about U.S. politics, crime and ...

LONDON -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has rocked the coast of southern Japan as tsunami advisories have been triggered in the region, according to the U.S. Geological ...