In March 2011, the magnitude 9 Tohoku earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan. Violent ground shaking ...

An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of ...

Japan’s catastrophic Tohoku-Oki earthquake in 2011 was so strong that it caused the entire country to “slip,” in some areas ...

A new study reveals the 2011 Tohoku earthquake triggered an extraordinary event deep within Earth. Seismic energy traveled to ...

More than a decade after the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake, scientists have uncovered an unexpected aftermath that ...

A seismic wave from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake travelled 2,900 km deep to the boundary between Earth's mantle and outer core ...

The wave's round trip to Earth's core set off a fault slip along Japan's plate boundaries, revealing a seismic hazard ...

The April 20 earthquake off the Tohoku region caused minor injuries, rekindled haunting memories of the 2011 disaster and ...

Learn how a seismic wave from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake reactivated plate boundaries beneath Japan and exposed a new earthquake hazard. The magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake shifted Japan eastward ...

In 2011, Japan reeled from the effects of a devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake. But unnoticed in the chaos resulting from the quake, its major aftershocks and the tsunami it caused, something ...

The earthquake that struck Japan on New Year’s Day caused a grave tragedy but a political crisis, like that seen in 2011, seems to have been dodged. Police officers search victims from debris of ...