Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward ...

Japan appears to have shifted further east in recent years. The 2011 earthquake in Japan that triggered a tsunami and the ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7 or higher in the Tokyo area would kill up to 18,000 people and destroy about 400,000 buildings, ...

A strong earthquake has struck Eastern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 5.5 quake occurred in the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture. In southern Gunma Prefecture and ...

(Grant Faint/The Image Bank/Getty Images) When the magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake struck off the coast of Japan in 2011, its ...

Not only was the shift immense in its north-south extent, but its width encompassed all of Japan and beyond, into the ocean.

Powerful 2011 Japan earthquake may have moved whole country further East - Findings point to previously unknown earthquake ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 shook eastern Japan including Tokyo on Tuesday, with no tsunami warning ...

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may ...

Japan’s catastrophic Tohoku-Oki earthquake in 2011 was so strong that it caused the entire country to “slip,” in some areas ...

A new study reveals the 2011 Tohoku earthquake triggered an extraordinary event deep within Earth. Seismic energy traveled to ...

The ground shakes beneath you. Your body sways a little. An alert pops up on your phone. You turn to a friend and ask: 今揺れた？ (Ima yureta?, Was that a quake just now?) On Aug. 8, the 気象庁 (kishōchō, ...