The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Monday reported a 7.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of its eastern Aomori prefecture. The JMA reported that the epicentre of the quake was registered off the coast of Aomori at a depth of 80 kilometres at 11:15pm local time (7:15pm PKT).

BEIJING -- A 7.5-magnitude earthquake jolted sea off east coast of Honshu, Japan at 10:15 pm Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The quake struck at a depth of 50 km and its epicenter was monitored at 41.00 degrees north latitude and 142.35 degrees east longitude, said a report issued by the CENC.

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua/APP): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 1725 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 38.37 degrees north latitude and 142.22 degrees east longitude.

MOSCOW (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck Wednesday off Russia’s Far East coast, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents fleeing buildings but causing only a few injuries.

In a bay off the coast of Japan, a new species of venomous fish was discovered. Charles Deluvia via Unsplash Off the coast of Japan, a small, spikey orange fish was caught on the end of a fishing line. The creature was pulled more than 500 feet to the ...