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

In 2011, the deadliest quake and subsequent tsunami in recent Japanese history struck northwest of the capital Tokyo and killed at least 20,000 people. The 9.1 magnitude Tohoku earthquake spiraled ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast ...

In parts of northeast Japan, mourners bowed their heads and prayed on March 11 to remember the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region exactly 13 ...

Japan saw its largest earthquake ever recorded in 2011, a magnitude-9.1 quake that struck the Tohoku region and caused a huge tsunami.

Survivors of Japan’s harrowing earthquake and tsunami which claimed nearly 20,000 ... The disaster wiped out towns and cities in the northeastern Tohoku region after a devastating magnitude ...

The Oregon Office of Emergency Management advises on tsunami preparedness, emphasizing risk awareness and community planning.

Last August, the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA) issued its first mega quake advisory under rules drawn up after the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of 2011. It said that the ...

The Oregon coast is undeniably alluring. Sandy beaches, rocky cliffs and outcroppings. Waterfalls, water spouts, sand dunes. Puffins, pelicans, cormorants. Elk and whales. In a state defined by access ...

March 11, 2011. (Courtesy of Fumiaki Konno) The Tohoku earthquake — the strongest recorded in Japan, at a magnitude of 9.1 — and resulting tsunami killed more than 18,000 and remains the ...

However, it was recently rediscovered in waters off Tohoku, a region in northeast Japan which was devastated in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. This report spotlights how this rare oyster is now ...