Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major ...

Aerial view of the devastated along the north eastern coast of Japan following a massive earthquake and tsunami March 25, 2011. The undersea, magnitude 9.0 “megathrust” earthquake—the worst in Japan’s ...

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that devastated the island country 10 years ago is considered one of the most powerful natural disasters ever recorded. Since then, experts have studied the event ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March of 2011. March 11, 2011 – At 2:46 p.m., a 9.1 magnitude earthquake takes place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of ...

Mega earthquake fears have hit Japan after a manga comic predicted a 'real catastrophe' there this summer. In The Future I Saw, a comic published in 1999 by Ryo Tatsuki, a huge quake prompts scores of ...

The recent earthquake that struck just off the coast of Japan has brought back many memories of the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima plant following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake in 2011. Japan's most ...

The death toll from the latest major earthquake to hit Japan is expected to rise even though fears of a 2004-style mega tsunami or 2011 Fukushima meltdown are receding. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...