Before the tsunami spawned by the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, 70,000 pine trees lined the Takatamatsubara seashore area in Rikuzentakata. The beach, designated a national ...

It prompted a tsunami advisory. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit southern Japan, recorded at sea about seven miles southeast of the city of Miyazaki. New strain in Calif. Get the USA TODAY app Start ...

A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area.

A 20-centimeter tsunami was later recorded reaching Miyazaki city, public broadcaster NHK reported. There were no issues reported at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant in western Japan or the Sendai ...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake ... Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines ...

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. TOKYO and LONDON -- A tsunami advisory has ... earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture ...

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit southwestern Japan on Monday, triggering public warnings to stay away from coastal areas because of a tsunami advisory, which was later called off.

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a 6.9 magnitude quake in southwestern Japan and issued a tsunami warning that was later called off. Warnings of a tsunami were made for Miyazaki Prefecture ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 hit south-western Japan on Monday, triggering public warnings to stay away from coastal areas because of a tsunami advisory, which was later ...

Tsunami warnings were issued for civilians, and many were told to evacuate as a precaution. This is the moment a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan today. Tsunami warnings are now in ...

13 A 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern part of Japan on Monday, Jan. 13, prompting a tsunami advisory to ... be destroyed should an earthquake hit the Nakai Trough.

JAPAN issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 23 miles and mainly hit the southwestern Kyushu region, said the ...