A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after ...

The quake, which occurred off the coast of Aomori prefecture, followed a 7.5-magnitude earthquake this week that injured at ...

Japan has lifted a tsunami advisory issued after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 hit the country's northeastern region ...

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan late on Monday, prompting orders for about 90,000 residents to ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Dec. 8, prompting warnings of a tsunami as high as 10-feet and triggering evacuation orders. The earthquake struck at 11:15 p.m. local time ...

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Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, is demanding answers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after ...

After 43 days, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is finally over. The impacts have been far-reaching, especially on government employees, businesses with government contracts, and the ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ended a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center that helped maintain some seismic stations and transmit data in real time. Alaska state ...

Tsunami warnings that could affect the Washington coast may now take longer to reach the public. Alaska State Seismologist Michael West told KIRO Newsradio Tuesday that the National Oceanic and ...

On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake struck near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering a tsunami that barreled across the Pacific and killed 159 people on the island of Hawaii. In the ...