Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Residents of an area in southwestern Japan rocked by a strong earthquake late Monday voiced anxiety as the seismic event rekindled concerns about a bigger potential temblor that ...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country, country's Meteorological Agency said Monday. The public warnings to stay away from coastal ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast ...

(Beneath Japan alone, three plates are converging.) Then there’s the big earthquake belt of Eurasia running from the Mediterranean through the Middle East to China where the continent is being ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a ...

The quake was detected around 18km off the Kyushu region around 9.19pm local time, according to the US Geological Survey. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) initially warned of possible tsunami ...

JAPAN issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 23 miles and mainly hit the southwestern Kyushu region, said the ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...

The earthquake in Japan was a magnitude of 6.7, according to CBS News. It was initially measured as a 6.9, but Japan’s meteorological agency decreased it after re-examining the event.