Japan lifted a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast on Tuesday, one week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an increased risk ...

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6 on the Richter's scale struck 91 km away from Japan's Noda on Wednesday. This is not the only earthquake reported from across the world at a time when the New Year is ...

Multiple earthquakes struck southern Japan on Sunday, rattling a region already known for its persistent seismic activity. No reports of major injuries or structural damage have emerged, and ...

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

New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled ...