An initial tsunami wave approximately 1 meter (3.2 feet) high made landfall within 30 minutes of the earthquake, the Associated Press reported, citing Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV.

In March 2011, a major earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan resulting in a series of tsunami waves that ...

On this anniversary, Japan is slowly rebuilding ... Toni, Iwate Prefecture: The tsunami wall was not enough to hold back the wave that hit these homes. Even the homes high on the hill (in the top left ...

Fair weather with breezy trades are in place across Guam and the southern CNMI but a shear line is dropping southward through the CNMI, with its axis now near Anatahan, ...

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s ...

The flatter the coast, the stronger is the impact from the waves. This is the reason why the effects of the tsunamis are more devastating in ports, beaches and in the mouths of the rivers. It also ...

However, on March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake unleashed a devastating tsunami that irrevocably altered the landscape and the hotel’s fate. The tsunami, with waves reaching heights ...

A volcano on Flores Island in Indonesia woke up island residents early Friday when the latest eruptive episode sent ash and ...

Along the coast of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, where a tsunami swept away entire communities ... the structure was obliterated by the towering waves. Visitors exploring the memorial’s grounds ...

The "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11 ...

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating ... At Usuiso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Reiko Endo, 59, remembered a friend she lost to the tsunami as she faced the gentle waves.