The March 2011 earthquake near Japan – which reached 9 on the Richter scale – was not anticipated for that region of the ocean, geophysicists say.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and ...

A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's ...

Video of the natural disaster that left nearly 20,000m people dead. March 9, 2012— -- intro: It was Friday, March 11, 2011 when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rattled off the coast of Japan. The ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes in decades has struck Russia's far east, causing 5m tsunami waves and prompting ...

Towns like Futaba, Nami, and Okuma (home of the doomed power plant) have remained almost entirely without life. Sealed from ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, ...

The 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Russia, triggering waves across the Pacific. The tsunami warning in Japan ...

When the magnitude of the earthquake off Tohoku, Japan, was calculated to be 9.0, it joined the ranks of "megathrust" earthquakes -- exceptionally large ruptures involving 5 to 10 meters of slip ...

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 ...

The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the ...

The deadly earthquake that struck Japan last week has been upgraded from an 8.9 to a 9.0-magnitude, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today (March 14).