Tsunami In Japan

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  Japan Still Searching For The Missing, 5 Years After Tsunami

  The Japanese coast guard resumed underwater searches this week for some of the more than 2,500 people still missing from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast coast.

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  Tsunami Warning After 6.6 Magnitude Quake in Japan

  A tsunami as big as one metre (three feet) was reportedly forecast to hit islands in Japan's far south today after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Taiwan.

• Silence as Japan marks six months after tsunami

  Black-clad mourners fell silent in a devastated Japanese coastal town today, six months after an earthquake and tsunami left 20,000 dead or missing and sparked a nuclear crisis. About 2,000 people observed a moment's silence at a public gymnasium in Minamisanriku in memory of 900 people who were killed in the March disaster, which also destroyed 60...

• Radiation leaks said to recede after blast at Japan nuclear plant

  An explosion at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Saturday blew the roof off one building and destroyed the exterior walls of a crippled reactor, but officials said radiation leaks from the plant were receding and that a major meltdown was not imminent. (Watch: Explosion at Fukushima nuclear power plant)Japanese television showed a cloud o...

• Worst earthquake in Japan's history

  Take the world's most earthquake-prepared country, jolt it with one of the biggest quakes in history and add a devastating tsunami minutes later. In the classic battle of Man vs. Nature, Nature won again.Hundreds if not thousands of people are dead in Japan. One of the world's most technologically advanced and earthquake-prone nations is paralyzed ...

• Japan's industrial heart escapes heaviest blows

  As bad as the toll might eventually be in lives and property from Japan's earthquake and tsunami, the fact that the disaster hit far from Japan's industrial heartland will at least soften the economic blow, both at home and abroad.The epicentre was in and around the coastal city of Sendai, nearly 200 miles northeast of Tokyo, the nation's populatio...

• Japan's strict building codes saved lives

  From seawalls that line stretches of Japan's coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world's most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan. Had any other populous country suffered the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, tens of thousands ...

• Japan quake ranks as 5th largest since 1900

  Scientists say the massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan ranks as the fifth largest jolt in the world since 1900.The magnitude-8.9 "megathrust" quake is similar to what happened during the 2004 Sumatra quake and the one last year in Chile. In all these cases, one tectonic plate is shoved beneath another.Such earthquakes are responsi...

• Mega earthquake in Japan triggers Tsunami, hundreds killed

  An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on Friday, the strongest ever recorded in the country and one of the largest anywhere in the last century. The quake churned up a devastating tsunami that swept over cities and farmland in the northern part of the country and set off warnings as far away as the West Coast of the United State...

• Honolulu, other parts of Pacific brace for Tsunami

  Hawaii and other parts of the Pacific including the U.S. western coast braced for a destructive tsunami early on Friday after a massive earthquake struck in Japan.Tsunami sirens were sounded and coastal areas were being evacuated in Hawaii, where the first waves were expected to hit about 6 a.m. PST on Friday.Waves about a foot and a half high hit ...

• Japan issues emergency at nuke plant; no leak

  Japan declared a state of emergency Friday at a nuclear power plant after its cooling system failed following a massive earthquake. There was no radiation leak.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the measure was a precaution and that the Fukushima No.1 power plant was not in immediate danger. The plant has shut down.The plant experienced a mec...

• The world's strongest earthquakes and Tsunamis

  Japan today was hit by its biggest earthquake. The quake, measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, is the strongest in 140 years of Japan's history. (Watch) We take a look at the world's strongest earthquakes and Tsunamis. March 11, 2011: A magnitude 8.9 quake strikes off the northeast coast of Japan, sending a tsunami across the Pacific and killing a s...

• Nuclear plants closest to Japan quake epicentre shut down: IAEA

  Four nuclear power plants closest to the epicentre of the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan have been safely shut down, the UN atomic watchdog said today.The International Atomic Energy Agency's Incident and Emergency Centre "received information from the International Seismic Safety Centre (ISSC) at around 0815 CET (0715 GMT) this morning ...

• Tsunami in Japan: At least 300 killed as mega quake triggers 12-foot tidal waves

  A massive earthquake struck Japan  on Friday, setting off a devastating tsunami that swept over cities and farmland along the northern part of the country and threatened coastal areas throughout the Pacific. (In Pics: Japan earthquake triggers tsunami)Walls of water swept away houses and cars in northern Japan and pushed ships aground. Trains...

• No Tsunami warning issued for Indian Ocean

  A massive quake struck Japan at 2:46 p.m. (0546 GMT) and was followed by five powerful aftershocks within about an hour, the strongest measuring 7.1. The US Geological Survey upgraded the strength of the first quake to a magnitude 8.9, while Japan's meteorological agency measured it at 8.4.The meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for the ...