Officials on Friday withdrew an alert sent when they believed a 9.9-magnitude earthquake had taken place. In the end, the ...

Witnesses tell HNN their phones lit up and alarms sounded off in the streets during the busy lunch hour, warning folks to ...

The false warning of a 9.9 earthquake in Japan wasn’t the result of a cyberattack, according to the New York Times, citing ...

Authorities have downgraded a tsunami warning in northeast Japan after a major earthquake sparked calls for residents to ...

In a bizarre incident, Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a warning about what could have been the world’s worst ...

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in a series of major temblors hitting the region. No tsunami warning was ...

There is no upper limit on the magnitude of an earthquake, but it depends on the length of a faultline. Japan sits on Pacific ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck late Monday off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (27 ...

Emergency workers attempting to rescue survivors after a recent earthquake in Kyushu, Japan, also had to cope with extreme summer heat. Extreme heat affects almost every aspect of an emergency ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Japan on Tuesday, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate and prompting the collapse of several buildings, including a shopping mall. Japanese ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A major earthquake struck Japan on July 28, injuring at least 50 people, collapsing buildings and damaging roads, according to ...