According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, the earthquake occurred at approximately 9:19 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, with its epicenter in the Hyuga-Nada Sea. Seismic activity has continued ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency said in a statement the quake happened with its epicenter in the Hyuga ... has continued since then. “This earthquake was assessed as a reverse fault type ...

The powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day killed at ... Hokuriku Electric's Shika plant, the closest to the epicenter, had already halted its two reactors before the quake ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

TOKYO and LONDON -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said.

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake ... with its epicenter a few miles offshore at a depth of about 19 miles, Japanese ...