Japan on Tuesday issued its first high-level warning that a so-called “megaquake” could follow the previous night’s 7.5-magnitude offshore tremor. The authorities cautioned that the coming days would ...

Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the ...

Japan has recorded a series of powerful aftershocks in the past several hours, including a magnitude 5.7 earthquake near the east coast of Honshu and a 4.9 earthquake in the Hokkaido region shortly ...

The government lifted its megaquake advisory just after 5 p.m. on Aug. 15, but urged the public to remain vigilant for a ...

Japan is on alert after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck its northern regions late on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and a rare government advisory about the possibility of a "megaquake" over the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a small chance a megaquake could hit Japan in the following week. But what even is that? Here's our explainer, drawing ...

TOKYO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Japan's weather agency on Friday apologized for mistakenly issuing an early warning of a megaquake and strong seismic shaking around midday. The warning was canceled minutes ...

Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means. It's been an unsettling few days in ...

TOKYO — Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main island of Honshu, and just south ...

There’s a small chance a megaquake could hit Japan in the following week. But what even is that? Here's our explainer, drawing from scientific measures, historical quakes and how the unique geological ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main island of Honshu, and just ...