AAP FACTCHECK - Dramatic videos on social media showing tsunami waves hitting Japan after a recent magnitude 7.5 earthquake off the coast are actually years old.  The clips have spread on social media ...

Japanese authorities issued tsunami alerts after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the country's north on April 20, 2026, but footage circulating online showing a neighbourhood engulfed by massive ...

Although an earthquake and tsunami did hit Japan on April 20, 2026, Tempo's fact-check team found that the circulating video ...

Northern Japan was hit by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on April 20, 2026 with the intense tremor felt hundreds of kilometres (miles) away in Tokyo, but clips circulating on social media purportedly ...

A video showing an earthquake in Japan in 2024 has been ​reshared online as footage from the magnitude ‌7.5 quake that struck off the country’s northeastern coast on April 20.

For many people in Japan, the country’s regular tremors are not a big deal. Officials are urging them to prepare for the next catastrophic quake. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno reported from ...

On Monday, at 4:53 P.M. local time, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the northeastern shores of Japan’s largest island, Honshu, where the Pacific tectonic plate plunges beneath the North American ...

A three-meter (9.8-foot) tsunami warning was issued for Japan on Monday after a strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency and the ...