Japan’s Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami ... prefectures on the southern island of Kyushu. While a small tsunami wave of approximately 1 meter (3.2 feet) made landfall within 30 minutes ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake's preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan ... tsunami advisory for Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures, with expected heights of about 1 meter. One tsunami wave ...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. The agency ...

Those stories originated in Japan, where some taxi drivers in the city of Ishinomaki reported encountering “ghost passengers” ...

Japan's Noto Peninsula is reeling ... often giving people several minutes of warning that a wave may strike. In contrast, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hit a number of islands with no formal ...

Following the earthquake in the Miyazaki prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a tsunami advisory for both the Kochi and Miyazaki prefectures, with residents warned about the ...

With reports swirling of harassed geisha, parking-spot punch-ons and tourist litter killing sacred deer, it’s no wonder some locals are worried about preserving their way of life – though others view ...

The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was recorded at magnitude 9.0—the worst ever recorded in Japan. It generated an unprecedented tsunami, obliterating coastal ...

Tsunamis can be triggered as secondary disasters following megathrust earthquakes, with their intensity largely dependent on the magnitude of shallow seismic ruptures. Historically, considerable ...

as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture. An initial tsunami wave approximately 1 meter (3.2 feet) high made landfall within 30 minutes of the earthquake, the Associated Press reported ...