A tsunami of about 10 centimeters (4 inches) was detected at Ofunato city in Iwate Prefecture, Ominato port, Miyako and ...

A powerful earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and a depth of about 12 miles, struck off the coast of northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Japanese authorities issued a tsunami alert for the northeast of the country on Sunday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake was ...

A 6.7-magnitude quake struck off Japan’s coast early Sunday evening, prompting a tsunami advisory, which was later lifted.

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake, with a magnitude of 6.7, struck off the coast of Iwate prefecture on Sunday evening.

Today’s set of earthquakes follow a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan’s Iwate Prefecture at 5:03 p.m. local time on Sunday that prompted a tsunami warning. Since then, at ...

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in northern Japan at around 5 PM, local time.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a tsunami advisory for parts of the country’s eastern coastline on Sunday after ...

Tsunami warnings that could affect the Washington coast may now take longer to reach the public. Alaska State Seismologist ...

Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people ...

Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.

A few weeks ago, NOAA announced the cancellation of a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center to operate nine seismic ...