Scientists believe that an earthquake ... over 9 on the Richter scale. The warning was shared hours after two powerful earthquakes struck off the southern coast of Japan on Thursday.

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

The Richter scale, which measures earthquake magnitude ... The animated video, below, shows every earthquake in Japan from 2008 through 2014, accompanied by sounds of various volumes. A normal ...

More than 230 people were injured, 41,000 forced to evacuate and 16,000 homes blacked out today when Japan's northern island of Hokkaido was rocked by the strongest earthquake to hit anywhere in ...

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted Tuesday for the first time since the ...

A powerful earthquake has rocked San Francisco 17 October killing nine people and injuring hundreds. The epicentre of the quake, which measured 6.9 on the Richter scale, is thought to have been ...

CORONACA, S.C. (WCIV) — The United States Geological Survey reviewed reports Sunday of an earthquake around 2 miles from Coronaca, South Carolina near Greenwood. The USGS ruled the earthquake ...

Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], November 6 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter Scale jolted the New Ireland region of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the National Centre of ...

The Richter scale, which measures earthquake magnitude ... The animated video, below, shows every earthquake in Japan from 2008 through 2014, accompanied by sounds of various volumes.