Japan's devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami were not expected by scientists, ... Until now, researchers had not been able to estimate the magnitude of the 869 earthquake.

Nature - Tohoku quake's predecessor. Japan's Sendai region, which was devastated by a magnitude-9 earthquake and a tsunami in 2011, experienced similar events in AD 869 — and such disasters ...

Japanese meteorological agency chief on Friday dismissed growing rumors of a major earthquake in Japan this summer as groundless and “hoax,” urging people not to worry because even today’s most ...

In March 2011, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami devastated the northeast coast of Japan and knocked out cooling systems at three of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s reactors ...