Scientists say the answer is far more complex than a simple yes or no. Today, risk can be mapped, and early warnings can save ...

Authorities are urging residents to review evacuation plans as simulations suggest a ‘maximum-class’ winter night quake could ...

A house lies in the sea off a village near the Onagawa nuclear power plant on March 20, 2011, nine days after the deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of Japan's main island ...

Japan's Hokkaido–Sanriku coastal region is under a rare "subsequent earthquake" advisory following a strong magnitude 7.5 quake off Aomori on December 8, which caused injuries and triggered tsunami ...

More than 1,300 earthquakes have hit Japan’s Tokara Islands in two weeks, prompting evacuations of dozens of residents from the remote archipelago on the country’s southern tip. Although no major ...