A Japanese government committee on earthquake research has changed its estimate of the chance of a Nankai Trough megaquake in the next 30 years to around 80 percent, from the previous 70 to 80 percent ...

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolts Japan's Kyushu region, sparking fear of potential destruction and aftershocks.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck southern Japan on Monday night, sending tremors through the ...

Though Monday's temblor struck a similar area to one in August that sparked the first advisory, no such alert was issued.

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged Kyushu residents to be wary of aftershocks from the strong Jan. 13 earthquake but said ...

TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological ...

(Reuters) -Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year. A quake with a ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency says an expert panel will investigate possible links between the strong tremor that hit ...

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern part of Japan on Monday, Jan. 13, prompting a tsunami advisory to be ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake today that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.