Two strong earthquakes shook southern Japan Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) map shows. The quakes were ...

A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 rattled a group of small islands in southwestern Japan but no tsunami warning was ...

Two moderate earthquakes struck off Japan's northeastern coast today, the U.S. Geological Survey said — a magnitude 5.5 tremor about 39 miles east of Onagawa Chō and a magnitude 5.0 quake roughly 38 ...

Japan, one of the world's most seismically active nations, faces frequent quakes due to its location along the Pacific "Ring ...

Mount Fuji is the postcard-perfect backdrop to the largest city on Earth, Tokyo. Some 37 million people crowd into its ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded rocked Russia's remote far-eastern coast on Wednesday, sending tsunami waves towards Japan, Hawaii and the west coast of the US and triggering evacuation ...

The Juan de Fuca Plate has been steadily pushing against the Pacific Coast as it slides beneath the North American Plate. But ...

Update: The tsunami warning for Hawaii and Japan was lowered to an advisory overnight. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Russia's Kamchatka ...

Precisely at this time when the spread of exclusionist trends is a cause of concern, we should take a square look at the ...