Japan has warned the next "big one" earthquake to hit its Pacific coast could kill nearly 300,000 people, create £1.4trillion worth of damage to the country's economy and generate 12.3 million ...

An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck Japan's Kyushu on Wednesday, according to the National Center for Seismology. No reports of any damage have been reported yet. Tremors of the first earthquake ...

Japan Earthquake: A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Japan, sending shockwaves across the region just days after a deadly quake devastated Myanmar. Authorities are assessing damage and ...

The bigger the quake, the longer it will last. For example, the 9.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 went on for nearly six minutes. If you’re indoors, resist the urge to run outside.

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Up to 298,000 people are expected to be killed in Japan due mainly to a tsunami and building collapses if an earthquake of around magnitude 9 occurs in the Nankai Trough off ...

A View of debris and mud covered at Tsunami hit Destroyed fishing village in Kojirahama on March 25, 2011, Japan. On 11 March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 9.0, the biggest in ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit Southern California on Monday morning. Experts with the Seismological Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology said the quake was ...

Thousands are feared dead after a massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand this morning. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), likely losses of life are between 10,000 and ...

That is the equivalent of displacing 10 per cent of the Japanese population within a week of the earthquake. Japan is particularly exposed to deadly earthquakes because it sits on a vast belt of ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.