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On March 11, 2011, the 9.0-magnitude Great East Japan Earthquake struck the country, making it the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan. The unprecedented disaster triggered a tsunami and ...

On January 1st this year, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurred close to the northern coast of the Noto Peninsula, which is on the west coast of Honshu, Japan. That quake killed at least 240 people ...

The date was September 1, 1923, and the event was the Great Kanto Earthquake, at the time considered the worst natural disaster ever to strike quake-prone Japan. The initial jolt was followed a ...

The Japanese government estimates that there is a 70-80 percent chance of a megaquake occurring within 30 years.

Events were held around Japan on March 11 to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, as attendees marked the exact time at 2:46 p.m. when the magnitude-9.0 ...

The New Year did not prove to be very favorable for western Japan, as a strong earthquake struck the region. The earthquake was strong enough to kill dozens of people in Japan. Additionally ...

People across Japan bowed their heads and prayed on March 11 for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan 14 years ago. Prime Minister Shigeru ...

He previously worked for Complex Magazine in New York City. An earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on Wednesday night, activating a tsunami warning for the country 11 years after it ...

Ten years on, Naganuma and others like him form a generation whose young lives were shaped by what is known in Japan as the triple disaster: a powerful earthquake that sparked a terrifying tsunami ...

They also caused significant damage in Hawaii. Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11, 2011. The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s biggest ...