A powerful earthquake that jolted northern Japan on Dec. 8 and triggered tsunami warnings is not expected to impact the United States, officials said. According to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A house burns Tuesday morning after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Aomori, northeastern Japan, struck Monday night. Photo by ...

Japanese authorities ended all tsunami warnings after a powerful magnitude-7.5 quake struck off the coast of Aomori, in the northeast of the country, late on Monday. Waves as high as 70 cm (28 inches) ...

Japan was struck by a new 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, hitting a similar area of the Pacific coast to Monday night’s powerful 7.5-magnitude tremor. The new quake off Aomori prefecture ...

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake off northern Japan prompted tsunami warnings. 3 families, 7 kids and lots of pets: How an empty school is turning into a shared home ...

Japan has handed over a dredger to Fiji in a move aimed at shifting Fiji from repeated flood response to long-term prevention ...

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan triggering tsunami warnings in the country. NBC News' Bill Karins reports on the rarity of such large quakes ...

Dec. 8 (UPI) --A 7.5 -magnitude earthquake struck the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main Honshu island on Monday night, and tsunami warnings were lifted several hours later. The quake hit ...