Nearly 2,200 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have recently struck around a southwestern Japanese island chain.

Japan is facing a seismic crisis. Over 1,700 earthquakes have rocked the Tokara Islands, triggering evacuations and raising fears of an even greater disaster. With an 80% chance of a magnitude-9 quake in the Nankai Trough within 30 years,

Earthquake in Japan: a 3D model reveals how hidden faults raised the ground by up to 5 meters on the Noto Peninsula.

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one'

Japan's weather agency said Wednesday that data from an offshore tsunami gauge in the Pacific Ocean is currently unavailable, raising

A new study corrects the recorded depth of an earthquake in Japan, revealing that it was not the deepest in history.

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables connected to sensors set atop the fault lines where Japan’s earthquakes begin. Completed in June,

Ryo Tatsuki, who has earned a reputation as 'Japan's Baba Vanga', has apparently seen one of her most chilling predictions come true today, while tourists have been left too spooked to book flights

A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula early Sunday, just 19 minutes after a 7.0 quake in the same region. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued alerts for Japan and Hawaii,